And so the journey continues....following the tried and tested tourist route I headed down to Airlie Beach for the infamous and obligitory Whitsundays trip. Airlie Beach is a compact but enjoyable little coastal town. Everyone is in mighty high spirits when they are here because they're either just about to go, or have just come back from, their Whitsundays boat trip. I met 3 really lovely girls in my dorm on the first night, which was pretty cool, so I hung out...

Magnetic Island is just such a beautiful place! I could have happily spent another few days here but alas my tight schedule to see the whole of the East coast in 28 days will not permit this. To get to Magnetic Island you catch a ferry from Townsville and then jump on one of their excellent buses which service the island virtually 24 hours a day! My hostel, Bungalow Beach Koala Resort, is located in Horseshoe Bay famous for being the natural habitat of wild koal...

And now my Oz experience road trip starts.....a hop on/hop off bus which I'll be taking all the way down to Melbourne over a 28 day period. It differs from the greyhound, allegedly, as the drivers provide on board commentary and the journey includes some additional activities such as walks, surf lessons etc.. My first destination on the bus was Mission Beach, en route making 2 stops at Babinda boulders and the Johnson River Crocodile River at Innisfail. Babinda ...

Well here I am - I've hit the East coast!! I have not been looking forward to this part of the Australia trip as I've been told it's full of young kids on their gap year, and now I'm here I can confirm that this is indeed true!!!! I can see their objective is partying rather than travelling. I stayed in a hostel called Gilligans and lasted one night in my first dorm, an 8 bed female dorm, which became home to every man and his dog as nightime approached - the em...