decided to give brisbane a miss as it was just another large city with not a whole lot to do and i wanted to gain an extra two days in coogee with my friends before going back home...arrived in surfers paradise and instantly felt like i was in a mix of myrtle beach and miami...nice beach with huge skyscrapers right on the coastline...did some shopping and walking around the first day. stayed in a room with some nice british guys (dom, james and dave) who we deci...

after spending a mandatory night in rainbow beach (thank goodness it was only one night as there was NOTHING there), we were off to noosa. i did not know much about noosa except it was a nice place where a lot of people vacation and you could do an overnight everglades canoe safari...upon our arrival, i sensed the next 3 days would be kind of quiet...noosa was a very nice place but just very spread out and quiet. we did venture to the australia zoo one day as i...

Fraser Island. I had heard so many good things about this adventure mecca before we arrived. I chose to a guided tour in fear that i might get stuck yet again with a group that did not speak english or a group that had been travelling together for an extended period of time...and i wanted to see as much as possible without having to sacrifice some sights for a random group of campers driving themselves around the island...we got all meals provided and a roof ov...

i am doing the oz experience bus down the coast and they have compulsory stops along the way for overnights...that is how i landed at the cattle station known as kroombit...i was excited to arrive to have a "bush tukka" meal and do farm life for a night...a night is about all this princess can handle! we arrived and stayed in a converted barn to a hostel...had our meal around a huge picnic table with a couple of other buses....then the activities began...

so we arrived in Airlie Beach after Cairns to go sailing in the Whitsunday Islands. I was super excited as every picture i had seen looked like pure paradise...as we arrived, we were informed our hostel was known for bedbugs and just being dirty in general...the first room had ants all over and hair growing on the floor...when i complained, i came back to find a can of ant killer on the counter...self-efficiency is a must here i guess....claire and i booked onto...