I thought I'd just write a brief entry about Noosa. Brief, because not only did it pour down whilst I was there, I also only stopped there one night and slept for 11hours of it! Noosa is a pretty little town, about 2hrs north of Brisbane. It's renowned for being a bit pricey and home to a lot of retired couples/hippies. The town with its little boutique shops and swish restaurants is bordering the Noosa National Park and some beautiful white sandy beaches. I ...

Whitsundays I arrived in Airlie Beach about midnight and had to go and find a bouncer in a bar to let me into the hostel resort and give me a bed for the night! The town was full of drunk people and trying to dodge them whilst carrying over half my body weight on my book was not so fun! This bouncer was the fattest man I've ever seen and really not helpful. He also charged me $25 for the room which is the most I've paid for a room in Aus! Anyway next morning...

Brisbane Baby!! Arrived in Brisbane on Sunday night and got in a minibus with the craziest Turkish taxi driver you could ever meet! He dropped us off at the hostel, which turned out to be the wrong one (a lot my fault) and then we had to sit around there until a crazy German hostel employee could drop us off at the correct hostel. We got a free upgrade from a 8 to 6 bed dorm, which meant slightly better night's sleep ahead :D We then all chow downed at McDona...