Katie had a good feeling about Cairns and she was right! It's not a very big city, not all spread out and sprawling like Sydney, but it still has the hustle and bustle of a major city and great night life. We got off the bus and found our hostel in no time. Our room had sea views as the hostel was on the esplanade which is the main road running along the seafront and lagoon. We got in about 8pm and by 10 we were just about ready to go out (we'd had to throw in so...

After Airlie Beach we headed off to another island: Magnetic Island. We got a bus to Townsville, Northern Queensland's capital before catching a ferry to the island. Magnetic Island has a resident population of just 2000 but there are always plenty of visitors and tourists. We stayed as Base hostel which is well known for being the best place to party on the island and we weren't disappointed. It was more like a resort than a hostel, it was literally right on the...

After leaving Hervey Bay with fab memories and lots of new friends, we boarded an overnight bus to Airlie Beach. The bus was 45 minutes late and had a lot of people, most of us didn't get much sleep, so we were glad when we finally arrived! We were staying at the same hostel as the other people from our group on Fraser so we all made our way over together, then we headed out with Jeremy to the lagoon. The sea at Airlie Beach is unsafe to swim in because of jellyf...

Fraser Island, where do we begin?! It was definitely the highlight of our Oz trip so far :) it is the biggest sand island in the world, the beaches are the main roads and even the areas of rainforest have evolved to grow in the sand. Very few people live on the island so apart from the odd convenience store for tourists and fishermen it was just beautiful, unspoilt land. We had to get the greyhound bus to Hervey Bay and stay a night there to get briefed and prep...

We left Byron a couple of days ago now, time is going so fast as we cram in as much of the east coast as possible before our flight out of Cairns in a few weeks. We got up and out early for our bus to Brisbane in the beautiful Sunshine State of Queensland. We had a bit of a crazy time getting to the bus stop though as the free shuttle to the Greyhound bus stop filled up quick. It was only because the bus was delayed that we both made it! Brisbane was only a stopo...