Got to Brisbane around dinner time on the 8th May. Didn't really do anything for the rest of the day except wander round town and look in a few shops. There were two girls in my room, Lucie and Frankie, who were volunteering at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. They had the weekend off and were planning to get the train down to Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast the next day, so I invited myself. We got up early on the Saturday and went to get the train, then a bus, th...

There isn't really that much to say about Noosa. It's a little resort town with a beach, some fancy shops and restaurants and not much else. I was staying over in Sunshine Beach near Noosa Junction on my first night but then I moved to Noosa Heads as there's more there and it's closer to the bus stop. My day at Noosa Heads was spent just wandering round and I managed to watch 3 separate weddings on the beach which was nice! The next day me and a girl called Hanna...

The only thing really to do in Rainbow Beach is go to Fraser Island, the biggest sand island in the world. The majority of backpackers choose to do the self drive tour where, basically, we're given a 4 wheel drive, food, alcohol and tents and then sent on our way for 3 days. I arrived early evening on Thursday 23rd April ready for my Fraser trip on Sunday 26th. The hostel I was staying in put on free trips to the Carlo Sandblow so the next day, I and few girls fr...

I've not been able to update until now with me being really busy and the Internet being really bad. I got to Airlie Beach on Thursday 16th April and my Whitsundays trip was on the Saturday. The only reason people really come to Airlie Beach is for the Whitsundays and I was no different. We arrived at about 5ish and the driver of the bus had organised free food and drink in the bar of the hostel I was staying at for later on that evening. We all met up and ate sp...

On the bus journey from Cairns to Mission Beach, we stopped off at Johnstone River Crocodile Farm, home to Gregory - the biggest crocodile in captivity. We had a tour of the farm and fed the kangaroos and wallabies, then it was feeding time for the crocs so we got to watch that. Couldn't believe how big some of them were! When we got to Mission Beach I realised that I'd have to stay there an extra night. I'd booked and paid for four nights so that I wouldn't hav...