Day 292 (Monday 22nd September 08) Much quieter night's sleep. Drove down to Surfers Paradise and found somewhere to park so we could have a walk around. No shops were open yet so walked down to the river and had a look around. For a treat went for a nice fry-up! Very good but neither of us could finish it! The shops were now open so Em was happy having a look around and bought a couple of tops. Mark not so happy! he he he. Walked down to the beach then along, a...

Day 290 (Saturday 20th September 08) Had a relaxing morning making the most of the campervan park. Another hot shower and we had to be checked out by 10am. Went for a drive around the city to see what was around. Then carried on heading south towards the Gold Coast. Mark not feeling too well, a bit of a cold coming on. Probably the cold showers! Ended up in Southport, very busy with it being the weekend. Had some lunch and then went for a look around. Chilled ou...

Day 289 (Friday 19th September 08) Once we were up headed for Bribie Island to have a look around. Unfortunately not a very nice day and raining so not really a good day for walking around. Drove around to see what was about and decided there wasn't much to do in the rain so back to the main land and headed south. Stopped in Deception Bay for a look and then onto Brisbane. Deceided we would go to a campervan park for a night as we needed to charge the phone and ...

Day 288 (Thursday 18th September 08) Not a very nice day. Rain in the night and still wet this morning. Headed for the cold showers in the public toilets which woke us up! Drove onto Australia Zoo and waited for it to open. Wandered around the massive park seeing all the different animals native and not. Went to the feeding time shows and the big Crocoseum. Very good show with one of the keepers messing around with one of the big saltwater crocodiles. Easily too...

Day 287 (Wednesday 17th September 08) 6am start to move out of the way and go and wait outside Wicked garage. Had some breakfast and looked through some brochures while we waited. The mechanic turned up at about 8:30am and had a look straight away. The mechanic and Mark went out for a drive so he could see what the problem was. Scary driving by the mechanic but at least he could see what the problem was. Once back at the Wicked garage he fiddled around and fixed...