Wewere afflicted by a terrible dose of rain which insisted on following us down the coast, from Brisbane through Surfer's Paradise, to Byron Bay, forcing us to take shelter in numerous pubs and clubs along the way. Luckily the mpany was good and the craic out in full force. Good times were had by all. Sorry we can't go into more details but the weather really was against us and we did very little!! After a horrific 13 hour night bus from Byron Bay to Sydney,...

After a brief stop in 1770, where we stayed on a commune in the outback and encountered much horrifying wildlife. We quickly confined ourselves to our room and were relieved to see the greyhound at the crack of dawn the next morning. (Was actually a beautiful place just very naturey!) We arrived at Dingos hostel on Rainbow Beach where we started off by attending a safety talk for Fraser island and get sorted into our groups of 11. We learnt about the dangers ...

Arrived into the beautiful town of Airlie! It is nice, we like! Tired after the journey we kipped for an entire day before embarking on our voyage of discovery. On our way to the boat we bumped into 4 Dublin girls who we had met on St. Paddys day and on the plane over. Together we ventured off into the great wide ocean aboard a fine filly of a vessel- The Atlantic Clipper- a 34m long yacht complete with saloon and deck top spa! The first day was spent getting...

No sooner had we stepped off the plane when Vicky, the contreband genius, was sussed out by a clever sniffer dog named Tully. Alas the guards were merely on a quest for carrots and other legumes and, despite Tully's valiant efforts, with much eyebrown twirling and bum sniffage, the guards overlooked an array of weapons. In their adamant search for all things edible they interrogated Vicky on her intentions regarding a loaf and half packet of oreos. A swiss arm...