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East Coast Australia
I set off from Sydney on the Oz experience which is basically a big bus full of travellers, Destination in Cairns which is in the north and have lots of stops in between! Was quite scary setting off on my own but was really lucky as there were another 10 odd people all around my age and travelling alone too. We stuck together for the whole trip, really great bunch of people! Will go through each stop and say a little about it! Every evening pretty much involved drinking a whole lot of 'goon' which is cheap and nasty wine, $7 for 4 liters was the best price we got so u can imagine the taste and hangovers it gives! But its the east coast way!
Byron Bay
Really cool, chilled little town here, spent a few days here getting to know everyone and enjoying the beach and bars! Had a surf lesson here which was cool, its harder than you would think! managed to get standing up towards the end! Cycled up to a place called cape byron which is the most easterly point in Australia, overlooked the cliffs to watch dolphins and sea turtles swim below!
Surfers Paridise
Mainly stopped here so i could go to the theme park! Did have a great night out in which all the hostels in the area get together and do a massive bar crawl! Dreamland the themepark was great, was pretty much empty so got to go on the rides lots of times! Ran round like a big kid all day! Went with an Irish couple called paul And Lorraine, they hadnt really been to theme park b4 so was cool to share their first experience!
Brisbane
Just another city really, dont have much to say about it! Had a walk around the city and went to the cinema, exciting stuff!
Noosa
Moving into the tropics again now, so its hotting up again! Beautiful little costal town here. Took a trip to Australia Zoo which is owned by the Irwin family. Really vool zoo, got to feed Kangaroo's and hold a Koala bear! Had a great night out here, i stoll a girls 'slap the goon' t-shirt which was far too small for me but made for ammusing pictures!
Rainbow beach
Main reason for stopping here was to hand feed a wild dolphin! A dolphin was once injured in the bay and was nursed back to health by fishermen. It now returns daily and you can go along and feed it fish! Had to wait a good few hours for it to turn up in rain but was really worth it!
Hervey Bay/Fraser Island
This is one of the biggest attractions on the east coast. Fraser island is the worlds lagest sand island and i went over there in a 4x4 for 3 days/2nights. Was great fun driving around the tracks and on the beach. The weather was a nightmare, it pretty much rained the whole time we were there. Made life pretty difficult as had to set up tents in the rain and everyones tents leaked! Ended up havibng 7 people in a 3 man tent, not comfortable! I ended up sleeping in the van both nights! Visited lake Mckenzie which was stunning, crystal clear blue water, the pictures dont do it justice! Was a really fun experience, getting out in the wild for a few days!
Kroombit Cattle Station
This was a compuldsary Oz experience stop which i wasnt partcurly looking forward to but turned out to be a fantastic day/night! Took part in a goat rodeo in which we had to capture and brand a goat, very random but good fun! Also did some clay pigeon shooting, lassoo'ing, learnt to crack a whip! Best part was the evening after we had started drinking and then we get to ride the mechanical bull!
Airlie Beach/Whitsunday Sailing
This is the other must do activity of the east coast, you spend 3days/2nights sailing around the stunning whitsunday islands on the great barrier reef. I was on an 80 foot racing boat called hammer! The weather was fantastic here, nothing but bright blue sky! Ate, drank and slepted on the boat which was a great experience! Visited Whitheaven beach which is voted the most beautiful beach in the world and it was ratrher impressive! Finakl day was great we were saling really fast back to port, the boat was pretty much oin a 45 degree angle!
Airlie beach is pretty much a party town full of bars! Had a couple of good nights, got myself involved in some pole dancing haha!
Magentic Islands
This is meant to be the sunniest spot in Australia, only meant to have 20 days of rain a year. I was here for 3 days and it rained for 2 of them! The sunny day was good fun, rented out mopeds and went exploring around! Pretty dull place to be in the rain though! Night life was good fun, the hostel here would be amazing in the summer it was like a beach side resort!
Cairns
Final stop on my Oz Experience! cairns is another party town, great venue called the wollshed, had an amazing final night here with all my new friends! Also visited a crocodile farm at which i voluntarilly got bitten by a snake, didnt hurt tho and left a cool mark! Went to the casino on yet another rainy day, left $105 up so that was a good result!
Had a fantastic time on the east coast, was a great experince!
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