We found ourselves a really nice Campsite in Cairns and stayed for the two nights. $31 a night so just as well they gave us free internet! We had a little wonder around, checked out the lagoon (there is a beach but it's the worst beach you've ever seen), found a Grill'd, mmmmmm brings us back to our Sydney burger days and generally just chilled out in the sun. It was soooo hot! Cairns is serious backpacker heaven, it's the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef an...

We spent two weeks working on a nursery/farm at Mission Beach, now we could make ourselves sound amazing by saying we were volunteering to help out a family who's home & business were ruined by Cyclone Yassi in February, this is all true, but in reality we were there being backpacker slaves! It's crazy the things you have to do to tick of some of those 88 days of work you have to do to extend your visa, although I'm pretty sure cleaning someone's house from ...

Once the crazy, choppy ferry back from Maggie Island was over we drove further north onto Paluma Range National Park. Our final destination going up the East Coast is the Atherton Tablelands to work on the spuds but after speaking to Chris Potato (from South Australia) and then speaking to Paul Potato (Atherton) we found out that the spuds wouldn't be starting until end of September/beginning of October so we had a good few weeks to kill. We love stopping off a...

Woo hoo it's hot, hot, hot in Queensland! After leaving Hervey Bay we drove up North to Townsville then onto Magnetic Island, or, 'Maggie' Island as the locals call it. We drove for about 7 hours then stopped in Rockhampton, the Beef Capital of Oz! We'd read it was a country/cowboy kind of town & what's the first thing we see as we drive in?! A woman wearing a huge cowboy hat just casually strolling down the road with her horse. Love it! After driving...

And we're off! We packed up the car with our worldly goods, namely our backpacks, tent, airbed, camp chairs, gas cooker and cooking utensils and hit the road to find some sunshine in Queensland. We'd decided just to shoot right through New South Wales and check out that out on the way back down, when it'll be warmer. We drove for about 7 hours, had a quick look in Port Macquarie then checked into a motel in Coffs Harbour. Even though we were in Oz it felt ver...