The next leg of the trip took me to Hervey Bay which is one of the gateways to Fraser Island - the largest sand island in the world. I was joining a group to do a self-drive 4WD tour - the only mode of transport suitable for the bumpy tracks on the island. The tour was organised by the hostel so when we arrived they told us to get to know each other in order to choose our own groups for the trip, so I bonded with a couple of swedish girls and Johan from Switzer...

We arrived on the Oz bus at Kroombit cattle station where there is a compulsory overnight stop but I was glad of it after over 10 hours of driving - Australia appears to be rather large.... We were staying in little log cabins that reminded me of little house on the prairie. The place is a working cattle station but they supplement the business with some tourism and appeared pretty well set up for us. We had to do face paint on each other (bit strange but there...

After a pretty chilly flight to Cairns in the early morning and pretty much no sleep, Roser and I, both being disorganised, caught the shuttle to the Esplanade and started looking for hostels. We bumped into a german girl who was trying to get out of her hostel early and she gave us a good deal on accommodation so we just took that to save hassle. It was raining lots in Cairns and pretty chilly after Darwin and I only had 2 days there before jumping on the Oz Ex...