We have had a really lovely few days here in Noosa. The weather has been good and the town is quite small, but modern and has lovely beaches and a national park. After our lovely tea cooked by Fee, we took an evening walk on the local beach, sunshine beach. It was a nice evening. The next day we spent all morning food shopping as we kept missing buses and had to negotiate the local transport system. Ruth wasn't feeling too good this day so she had an afternoon n...

Today started with our early morning where we had to pack and get to the bus station as we were going to Australia zoo for the day, then straight onto our next destination of Noosa. The weather was good this morning, but just before we arrived at the zoo, it clouded over and the heavens opened! It did clear up though and we have had a day of sunshine with quick showers. On arriving at the zoo we crammed all our luggage into lockers (Sally and me couldn't open ou...

Finally we have had a day of sun! Brisbane, the 'capital of the sunshine' state' has not failed us! We left our couch surfing home on Monday morning after a good nights sleep, with a hug goodbye. I think we have also waved goodbye to couch surfing! We were glad we had the experience but are too grateful for a shower at a hostel! I think we have learnt now to be so appreciative of the hostel facilities ad are standards have well and truly been lowered! We took ...

We are now onto the end of day seven of non-stop rain! It's getting a little tedious now as I think we are all getting a bit restless as there is not much to do here when the weather is bad, unless you have a larger budget than ours! But, we are trying to keep our time filled! Our first night in Surfers Paradise was spent in a hostel (Backpackers in Paradise). We were in a dorm of 14, but the top bunk I was on was noticeably higher than all the other beds in th...

Happy Australia day for yesterday! We have now moved on up the coast, through a state border and timezone change from New South Wales to Surfers Paradise in Queensland. Unfortuantely, the weather has not changed and we are into our fifth day of non-stop rain! Back in Byron Bay, we decided to take a trip to a little hippy village about an hour away from Byron called Nimbin. However, after waiting for an hour for our bus, it turns out that bus was cancelled, so we...