December 6th to December 11th Day 20 Noosa to Coolum beach and then back to Noosa (40km) So we woke and went pottering around Noosa. It's a very wealthy town and we felt slightly out of place being scruffy travellers. After much deliberation we decided to avoid the tours and activities on offer and make our way around the National Park. We forever seem to be in National Parks but in Oz there really pleasant places to go walking round. We parked up and selected ...

December 2nd to December 5th Day 16- Bundaberg to Rainbow Beach (174km) Up early and gone, we had a deadline of 2 o'clock to be in Rainbow beach for a brief before our tour. Out through Bundaberg to the Bruce highway was easy and uneventful. When we came off the motorway in a town called Maryborough we got lost. We ended up in suburbia with not a clue how to get out. It wasn't our fault either; Maryborough for some unknown reason has 0 street signs. They expect...

November 27th- December 1st Day 11- Yeppoon to Rockhampton to Emu Park (70km) We woke still a little fragile from the chicken burgers! Sad times. After breakfast we had to travel to the nearest large city to attend an important meeting. That city was Rockhampton and the meeting was of the utmost importance. Our lovely camper 'Laika Virgin' (we still hate the name) was having some troubles. The troubles were mainly the fridge, it wasn't doing anything but makin...

November 22nd-26th Day 6- Airlie Beach to Dingo Beach to Hideaway Bay (30km) We woke early as per and headed to a travel shop to book ourselves onto a boat to the Whitsunday Islands. The Frauline (german woman) we booked with helped us out immensely and squeezed us on to a boat leaving in a few days. We knew we would have to wait but weren't that fussed about the odd night. The beach at Airlie isn't the best, so, like Cairns, they had built a gigantic lagoon. T...

November 17th-21st So as we'll be in the van for the next few weeks and visiting numerous places we've decided to split the blog into days more than before. Most of the days will invariably have some sort of long distance driving involved but we're keeping a weather eye out for amusing things along the way. We're also stopping off a lot as we journey down. As the traffic sign we keep seeing says 'break the drive....and stay alive.' saying this in an Aussie acc...