Day 88 - After a lovely week we were sad to say goodbye to the family as Caetlin drove us back to Roma St. After a short greyhound ride we pulled into Surfer's Paradise where we grabbed our backpacks and headed for the beach. Sadly work was being done and beach access proved problematic so we stopped for our first fish and chips, which turned out to be exceptionally good! We loved our lunch as we read OK! and Grazia magazines and watched guys wander past with the...

Day 82 ctd - Arriving into Roma Street at 6pm we left the greyhound and bought our weekly train travel passes before heading out to Eagle Junction. At the station we were met by Caetlin and her son Felix who drove us to their home having kindly offered to put us up for the week. Soon we were in a lovely house and ate a delicious dinner of Thai food with Caetlin, Bruce, Felix and their other son Max before climbing into a nice cosy bed. Day 83 - And so we venture...

Day 82 - Leaving Nomads we caught their shuttle bus to the greyhound station and soon our bus arrived and we were watching Sandra Bullock in 28 Days. After a stop at Matilda Roadhouse, where Olivia bought a magazine, we continued on to Noosa Heads. We left the bus for a few hours to have a brief wander (backpack permitting) and enjoyed a sausage roll and a white chocolate and strawberry shake and strawberry smoothie on the very European feeling Hastings Street wi...

Day 81 - Up early we crossed to the road to meet our shuttle bus and after picking up a few more people we arrived at River Heads and caught the barge, a chilly ride, over to Fraser Island. After avoiding the sand flies we got on our 4WD bus, strapped ourselves in, and enjoyed the bumpy ride to the first stop of the old forestry camp at Central Station where we learnt about the history of the islands timber industry, walked on the boardwalk by the creek and even ...

Day 81 ctd - Back on dry land we were hungry so Olivia has an Aussie Dog, complete with Australian flag, and Catherine enjoyed her nachos. After some internet time we had to pack our bags (a little tricky in the dark) before heading to bed.