2/4/09: We got up and got ready and checked out then got a lift to the bus station- the bus left about 10.30. We watched You, Me and Dupree on the bus then watched Dude wheres my car? The journey took about 5 hours. Arrived in Noosa about 4. Got a public bus to where the hostel is. It was raining really heavy from when we left Hervey Bay and a lot of the roads near Noosa were really flooded and lots of cars couldnt get through. It is still pretty miserable. We th...

31/3/09; Got up at 6.30 and got ready and checked out then waited for bus which came about 7.15am. It took us to the trip companies office where we paid the rest of the money and then got on a big green bus with the 12 other people we were travelling with- a mixture but mainly older couples. Plus we met our driver- a Dutch guy called Fritz who was hilarious and really friendly. We got ferry over to Fraser Island- took about 30 minutes. Fraser Island is the bigges...

29/3/09: We had to get up at 5.30 and get ready. We had ordered a taxi to take us to bus station at 6. Then the bus left at 6.45. Rockhampton wasnt the best place- it was good to see a real Australian town, with real local people, etc, but it was a bit boring and it didnt help that the hostel wasnt that great. We travelled until about 1, stopping briefly for food. We arrived at the bus station in Hervey Bay and the sun was shining but our hostel hadnt sent a tran...

27/3/09: We arrived at about 7 and saw that we had passed the hostel we were booked into miles back. So we had to phone a taxi to take us back to the hostel. Rockhampton is a really big town but it is not very touristy at all- its a university town and reminds us of an American town. Our hostel is part of a steak house and pub. We checked in- we were the only ones in our room which was cool but the place is a bit of a dump- it could do with new carpets and a lick...

22/03/09: We arrived at Airlie Beach about 8 and got picked up by the hostel we are staying in- they took us to the hostel just out of town. We checked in- the staff were really chatty. they put us in a double room for the price of a dorm cos the dorms are having problems with there electricity- result!!! We are in a hut and sharing a kitchen and bathroom with one other couple. We asked about booking a Whitsundays trip and they gave us some brochures. We went to ...