In Noosa now, i arrived here on Sunday with JB, and i'm staying here till Saturday. On our last full day in Brisbane we decided to head to Wet n ' Wild water park and had such a laugh there-loads of really good flumes and it was such a nice day! Nothing beats the day i've had today though...TODAY we went to AUSTRALIA ZOO-home of the late Steve Urwin. It was absolutely brilliant-we saw loads of crocs, alligators, tigers, bird of prey, reptiles, fed kan...

Right thought it was about time i sent you all abit of a group e-mail/journal entry, as the weather not too hot today..... I hope you've all been keeping up with my journal, although i have to admit some of you are being a bit lacking on the communication front..come on guys....lol!!Although know you're all pretty busy what with work/uni life, but it's tought being a backpacker too you know-having to sort out what to do day to day.....relax on beach, ...

It's day 6 in Brisbane...as soon as i arrived here i loved this place-it's very similiar to Melbourne with the river, southside etc.Although it is just a big city there's lots of parks, cultural centre, music venues, zoo's....and many many shops (i never thought i'd be saying this but i'm actually done with shopping-feel like just wasting my time here if all i do is wander round town shopping plus i's rather save $ and use it for tours...

Hey everyone-just writing this whilst i'm waiting for my bus to Brisbane. I've been in Surfers Paradise for the last couple of days. It's not at all as i had expecte....i expected a place similar to Byron bay but instead it's like a mini city and in someways how i would imagine it to be like in the likes of florida/miami. There are lots of skyscraping expensive hotels, along with shopping malls, expensive restuarants, clubs and bars. Although on t...

Yup, i'm still here. We eventually tearing ourselves away from Byron tomorrow and heading to Surfers Paradise till Thursday. On Thursday, me, erin, jb and helen spent the morning at a jewellery making workshop. I opeted to make a pair of earring-which turned out pretty dam good if i do say so myself. It's not as easy as it looks though, the hardest bit was choosing what stones/beads etc to include in the design. We all enjoyed it though and have learnt a...