We set off to Rockhampton looking for more adventure in our campervan and we found it sooner than anticipated. Just coming into Rockhampton we saw a car broken down at the side of the road. we felt a little reluctant to help but considered what it would be like if that happened to us. A couple of german guys had run out of petrol about 20km away from Rockhampton so we took one of them (we didn't catch his name) to the nearest petrol station. It turns out he was j...

Cairns - Whitsunday Islands On the 17th Jan the purchase of our camper van filled us all with an awesome sense of adventure. For the next few weeks we are in control of where we go, what we do and how we do it as we transcend down the beautiful east coast of Australia. As we were already were aware Australia is a backpacker's paradise and therefore the journey down or up the coast is a very common travel route! There are hostels aplenty and a strong campervan c...

Cairns! Our 1st port of call Great backpackers ambience, surrounded by like minded travellers hitting Australia for sunshine, extreme sports, beaches, kangaroo's and nightlife. 1st thoughts are that the country is full of chilled out people who love their beer and wild antics. There are so many different creaters here, according to good old travel writer and fact man 'Bill Bryson'; 80% of the all that lives in Australia, plant and animal, exist nowhere ...

A rocking Christmas and start to the New Year in Bali!!!! We celebrated Christmas staying at the Hard Rock Hotel, situated in Kuta. The hotel had everything to make it an extra special festive period. (Big thanks for our parents for arranging the hotel for Christmas) We arrived in Bali on the 23rd of Dec and spent five days at the resort. It was the first time we had both been away from home over Christmas, so we made sure we kept ourselves busy so we didn't...

The trip to Singapore lasted 3 days, which was enough to get a feel for the place. We enjoyed our stay, the city is very well presented, tough governing of this city state has kept the prostitutes of the streets and the rubbish in the bins!! the city is filled with shopping malls and food outlets, which was cool as it was christmas time and the food was so so good. We stayed in Little India in an awesome hostel which had just opened two months prior. 1...