Arrived Townsville on 16th March 2008. After a steady walk around and reconfirmation that some stuff in Lonely Planet is clearly a wind up we stumbled into Adventures Backpackers. A 'different' place where we had a 20 bed army styled barracks to ourselves. Beds were soft to say the least! Went out for tastey fish and chips but a quiet night was needed! Next day we got our arses into gear and booked up Fraser Island / Whitsundays. Stuck in Townsville for the day...

Flew into Cairns via a random stop in Darwin. No sleep had been had and a forty minute wait for a mini bus somewhat tested the patience. After Luke's bag was nearly drop kicked straight to the hostel by the bus driver we rolled up to Gilligans (the Oz version of Butlins). Our early start to the day took another slight dent with the four hour wait for check in. Nice! After a ski youghurt and an apple, it was time for the lads to share the wealth of the Ring of Fi...

Flew into Cairns via a random stop in Darwin. No sleep had been had and a forty minute wait for a mini bus somewhat tested the patience. After Luke's bag was nearly drop kicked straight to the hostel by the bus driver we rolled up to Gilligans (the Oz version of Butlins). Our early start to the day took another slight dent with the four hour wait for check in. Nice! After a ski youghurt and an apple, it was time for the lads to share the wealth of the Ring of Fi...

Arrived in Singapore on the 7 th March 2008 kicking back on our VIP bus! Leg room a plenty. Staying in the Fragrance Hostel, it was full of characters. Dumped bags and headed out for a look around Singapore. Checked out Clarke Quays first, identified many a happening place, but decided to save it for a big one on Saturday. Crusied over to China Town for a meal. After meeting a waitress who did not understand "give us 2 mins" we were forced into ordering...

Arrived in KL 5th March 2008! Having nearly left our bags in the arrivals hall we set off for our trip to Hostel Cosmopolitan. Armed with a less than detailed set of directions, Luke, Matt and Chris soon found out there is not much fun to be had walking around KL streets with 20kg on your back and 30c of heat beating down whilst not being able to find your hostel. A good hour and a half later, and some serious blue language (and Matt feeling under the weather) we...