Noosa Next stop on this mammoth East Coast tour.....Noosa! DAY 1: Had a good journey up there with our OZ bus driver called Hulk who stopped off to show us the glass mountains & tell us the aboriginal stories behind them. Got to Nomads hostel in Noosa & saw Ed which was lovely as we hadn't seen him since Byron. Then we bumped into Mark & James from Surfers...result! They are such a giggle I was pleased they were there.  We met up with Mark & ...

Brisbane Brisvegas, Brissy, whatever you wanna call it was next in line for a Catmur visit..... DAY 1: Hangover from hell.....what a twat! But dragged my sorry arse out of bed to get on the early OZ bus to Brisbane. Self inflicted, mong like state = zero sympathy!  Couldn't get in our hostel for a few hours so me & Dan did the walk round the city. 3 hours in hot, hot heat and my resemblance to the walking dead meant this walk could have been a bit more e...

Surfers Paradise! Next stop on the trip that I'm so far behind on filling you in on was Surfers Paradise. I'll be half way round the states before I finish blogging OZ!  DAY 1: Sleepy bus ride from Byron to Surfers with our bus driver Shrek who funnily enough...looks like Shrek! I really wanted to paint his face green!  Checked into our hostel which was actually a hotel that had a backpackers joined to it, but we were allowed to use all the hotel facilities...

Hello Bit behind in updating this aren't I! About 3 stops ahead of this blog. Well, what can I say. Byron Bay is where this trip has really kicked off for me - it has been amazing, let me explain....... DAY 1: Today was the first day that we would be doing on the OZ Experience Bus. I've been looking forward to this as I knew we would be able to meet a lot of people doing the same thing as us and it should be a laugh. The OZ Bus Drivers all have random names an...

Hello again peeps No time to waste, gotta update you on Sydney!!! DAY 1: So we checked into our room at Wake Up Hostel after our long old Greyhound journey. We were staying in an 8 bed dorm this time and met our new roomies who were all lovely. Dan and I went staright into town to see some sights and get our first fix of the Harbour Bridge and Opera house. We had breakfast in an Itallian place, which had some kind of egg special, but I managed to turn this in...