Once in Brisbane we were picked up by Caitlin (who we had met on the tour in China) from an area called 'The Valley'. She took us back to her place in 'The Gap' to the north-west of Brisbane and were greeted by some of her family - Mum, Dad, Madonna (also on the China tour), Zoe (sister), Gen (sister) and their boyfriends. We had an amzing barbeque dinner cooked on their inside barbeque and then went to bed. The next day was spent walking around Brisbane with ...

We were picked up about 10am for our Fraser Island tour from Mooloolaba by a monster of a truck (see pictures!). After driving for a couple of hours we arrived at Rainbow Beach where we had lunch and then got the ferry over to the island. Those of you who have been will know there are no roads on the island and that the only mode of transport to get around is 4x4 driving along the beach, so our monster was more than sufficient!!! On the first day there we went...

We arrived in Brisbane at around 8am and spent the morning in the Bus Station waiting for a bus to take us slightly north to the Sunshine Coast to see Rach (my old uni housemate for those who don't know!) and her boyfriend Jonny in Mooloolaba. Don't worry it took me a couple of attempt to pronounce that when I first saw it too! We met up with them once we arrived in the early evening for a drink and wandered along the coast which just reminded me of Home & Aw...

Hello everyone! Sorry for the lack of blog writing in Australia so far! We have non-stop a-go-go trying to fit things in around the weather since we have arrived! So, from the beginning: We arrived early on the morning of the 31st January to a rainy Cairns and it literally did not stop the whole time we were there. The first day we slept all morning then went into the town centre to look around. Then we went back to the hostel for our free dinner and stayed in ...