The Road South and Sydney. After a week of parties upon finishing in the pub, concluding with a cracking BBQ and wild night, it was time to leave Brisbane and head south to Sydney. We decided to have two days in Byron Bay, in north NSW, for a party in Cheeky Monkeys and some relaxing in the chilled out, hippy town. It was our second time in Byron after a mad weekend which included falling painfully from one of the tables that make up the dance floor and then g...

The Road South and Sydney. After a week of parties upon finishing in the pub, concluding with a cracking BBQ and wild night, it was time to leave Brisbane and head south to Sydney. We decided to have two days in Byron Bay, in north NSW, for a party in Cheeky Monkeys and some relaxing in the chilled out, hippy town. It was our second time in Byron after a mad weekend which included falling painfully from one of the tables that make up the dance floor and then g...

North Stradbroke Island. The last adventure for the car before it was time to part and move on from Queensland and what an adventure it took us on. We got the ferry across from Cleveland and I was a bit bemused to see trucks and normal cars getting on. I hadnt really done that much research on the island and therefore was totally unaware that there was tarmac roads connecting the three main communities on the island. We immediately headed North to the top of ...

The Glass House Mountains. A short trip just north of Brisbane (40 mins past Australia Zoo) took us to the Glass House Mountains. Wonderfully enchanting and exceptionally beautiful as the winter sun beamed down upon them. There are two stories as to how the mountains, isolated as they are came to exist, the sciency one and the Aboriginal one...both are pretty cool. The Aboriginal story is better I think...According to Aboriginal legend, Tibrogargan (364m high...

Melbourne 22/5 till 27/5 Day 1 - Arrived straight off the plane jumped on a bus to St Kilda to book into Base Backpackers for the week. Got the tram to the City to go and see an Aussie Rules game. The trams are slow and noisy (we dont need or want them back home) but pretty cool and quite novel. We went to watch Collingwood, the Man Utd of AFL as has been descirbed, versus Adelaide in the brand new Etihad Arena at the newly developed Docklands area. The roof...