as a compulsory overnight stay on Oz Experience, we get to spend a night at surf camp...now I was excited for this adventure..I have always wanted to learn how to surf and since this was included in my bus pass...score! well i didn't exactly mean I wanna learn in pouring down rain...like did not stop raining the entire time we were at surf camp. boo! after learning the safety basics of surfing, we took the boards down to the beach to practice before getting in...

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...

YAY I AM BACK IN SYDNEY!!!! as sad as I am to be through with travelling and leaving the legend known as Claire, i am ecstatic to see all my friends. I know that since I am back in Sydney, my time in Oz is rapidly coming to an end. These next few days are going to purely hanging out with everyone and spending as much as time as possible with them because it will be a long time before I see everyone again. Ended up getting a tattoo in Coogee....on the rightsid...