HiWell, our last greyhound bus trip - thank god, brought us to Brisbane. We arrived on Australia Day (26th Jan) and so after findng our hostel, we made or way to South Bank where we were met by hundreds of Ozzies celebrating the fact that they are Australian!! Southbank is situated along the river that runs through Brisbane City and the atmosphere is very much like that of Covent Garden, London with its numerous markets, cafes and restaurants.Brisbane has it...

Hello We've just got back from a day trip to Fraser Island and have had the most fantastic day. We caught a ferry from Hervey Bay to the island and were met by our transport for the day - a four wheel drive coach. It was the oddest looking vehicle we've ever seen but it was fantastic fun. You are only allowed to drive around the island if you have a 4x4 vehicle as the roads as basically sand and very bumpy. Our first stop was to the rainforest where we...

Hi Well we hear you have snow in Eastbourne - lucky you! Mind you the weather here hasn't been that much better. Airlie Beach is in the middle of the rainy season and we really have experienced the full extent of it - apart from when we visited Whitehaven Beach, the main Whitsunday Beach, thank goodness! The first day at Airlie Beach we spent the day looking around the town - not that theres much to see but its was nice to have a chilled day. We booked our ...

HiAfter oour bus trip from Cairns, we arrived in Townsville where we spent the night in the worst guesthouse ever - it was like being back in the 60's!We decided not to spend any time in Townsville as we were so keen to get over to Magnetic Island - known locally as Maggie Island (typical of the Aussies!!)  We caught the ferry over to the Island and arrived at our accommodation which was great - up market camping!  We stayed in A-frame wooden bungal...

HelloWe arrived in Cairns on Saturday afternoon to a much better temperature - about 30 degrees!At the end of January we fly from Brisbane to New Zealand so we have just over two weeks to fit the east coast of Australia in. So when we arrived in Cairns we booked two trips straight away to make sure we didn't miss out on anything! Our first trip on Sunday was to dive the Great Barrier Reef. We paid for 1 dive and all day snorkelling. It was a good day out but ...