We arrived into Hervey Bay and yet again it was raining, hopefully this wet weather cannot continue all the way up the coast!! We packed our bags in readiness for a 6am start on our Fraser Island 3 day/2 night self-drive tour. We were up early and met our group of 10 (it was a tight squeeze in the back of the 4WD) we had a really good group 5 English (including us), 2 German, a Brazilian, an American and a Canadian. We all got on well so we were excited about o...

We arrived in Brisbane Monday lunch time to glorious sunshine and unbelievable heat, add the humidity to it and it is quite a sticky situation to be in! The sun seems so much harsher up here when its out, you can literally feel your skin instantly burning! We are staying in a very cool hostel in a great location in the city.Brisbane seems to be a very cool city.Very modern and chilled out, we are loving it here. Monday afternoon we explored the city centre whi...