Ok so this is long overdue & I apoligise for the delay! This isnt going to be as detailed as before because Im so far behind but hope you enjoy reading it anyway! We spent our first week staying at our friend Petes place in Manly. He was the perfect host, taking us on a tour of the Northern beaches & also setting us up some free cricket tickets. We saw NSW Vs Tasmania in a one day & Ponting played. We did our christmas shopping at Paddys Markets in ...

We arrived in Byron Bay in the evening and met the girls for dinner at Hogs Breath Café. We finished the night with the guess who stick on your head game! Brad was feeling under the weather (man flu!!) so I spent the day with the girls. We had a look in some shops, a drink in the railway tavern and then went to Sharkies tattoo place. Myself, Amy and Rachel got tattoos, I got 7 small footprints along my foot and it hurt like hell! In the evening we got pizza...

We arrived in Brisbane early and went for a walk around the area near to our hostel Palace. We had a central location close to the shops including Queens Street! In the evening we met up with Kasia in the Down Under Bar where they had free cocktails and a male stripper for ladies night.The following morning we did the Lonely Planet walking tour of the cities main attractions. We began in Anzac Square at the war memorial and visited art galleries and the museum. E...

When we arrived in Noosa we dropped our bags into Dolphins hostel and hit the beach with the girls. We had a couple of drinks in a beach front bar before getting dressed up and hitting the town.Saturday morning we were picked up in town by the courtesy bus to take us to Steve Irwin's famous Australia Zoo. On the drive down we watched a DVD of Steve and some of his family and the beginning of the zoo. It was very sad and myself and a few others shed a tear! We gra...

7am pick up and a 10hour bus journey from Airlie Beach to Kroombit cattle Station, an overnight stop to break up the journey. Just out of Airlie we stopped to play lawn bowls which was actually a lot of fun! For lunch we stopped at the home of Australias biggest burgers, we opted for the junior versions! We arrived at the cattle station at about 7pm and had dinner before the games began. The first farm experience was whip cracking. We practised with our goggl...