I woke up to the sound of heavy rain on the roof of our Eco-Lodge, not a good sign! Our 4x4 tour was scheduled for 7.45am and the weather looked set to stay miserable for the whole day. We lived in hope that things would improve anyway... I'm quite disappointed because so many people had told me how amazing the tour of Fraser Island is and in particular, how cool it is to be able to drive yourself. However, our tour was a guided one in a big truck with a driver ...

I was up at the crack of dawn to go for a run before our 8am breakfast this morning. It started raining again as soon as I got outside, but it was still sunny so there was a beautiful rainbow over the river. The rain soon cleared up and I enjoyed a great run, as far as city runs go. Despite it being 7am on a Sunday morning, there were hundreds of people out running - some on their own and lots of groups too. Anyone not running or power walking was on their way t...