Noosa, now down as one of our favourite places, is somewhere that we planned to stay for 4 nights and just like Koh Tao ended up being there for 8. We left Rainbow very early the morning after our Fraser Island visit and arrived into Noosa Junction at around lunchtime. We were greeted by a free shuttle bus that took us on to our hostel. "Dolphins" was a very small, friendly hostel with all the walls painted either bright pink or bright turquoise. After getting ...

We arrived into the very small town of Rainbow Beach at 7.30am. As it was early and we had travelled quite far south the air was very cold and we quickly picked up our bags and made our way to our hostel. The hostel we had chosen provided free breakfast and we arrived just in time for toast and cornflakes, just what we needed after our long bus ride. We checked in, showered and went to explore Rainbow beach. The whole town consists of just a few shops, a swimming...

We spent the whole day travelling from Maggy Island and arrived in Airlie at 6pm, ready for our 2 day, 2 night boat trip on the Whitsundays the following day. We went to the local boat agency and checked in without any problems and were told to meet at the harbour the next day at 1.30pm. Nikki and Ben M had been on a slightly earlier bus and had arrived ahead of us. They had found a cheap place to eat and had text and invited us to meet them later on. We dumped...

Even though it was dark when we landed in Cairns, we stepped off the plane into 21 degree heat, a nice improvement on the freezing night temperatures of the centre. We got a free shuttle collection from the airport to our hostel and on the way met a Scottish girl called Rachael who was staying at the same place. After checking in we browsed some of the tours on offer to start planning our Oz trip before heading to our dorm for an early night. The following d...