Following on from Fraser Island we headed to Brisbane, another 5 hour coach journey! but as we reached Brisbane disaster struck as we discovered that EVERY hostel in Brisbane was fully booked and after walking around Brisbane for a couple of hours the cheapest place we could find was the hotel Ibis at a mere $135. It may not sound expensive but we're on a bit of a budget and that was equivalent to 6 nights at a hostel! Still it was really good to have a bit of lu...

After some contemplation we decided that we should do Fraser Island and this was definately a good shout! Despite some intervals of crap weather the 4x4 beach driving was a really good laugh. The first morning of a tour we had to go and collect are 4x4 and buy supplies for the next 3 days. This involved all of our group putting $20 into a kitty and hoping that the two people who went to the supermarket bought decent food...they didn't but this just a added to the...

So we have started our adventure down the East Coast of Australia and so far we have made it down as far as the Whitsunday islands. We started off in Cairns, arriving from Ayers Rock it was surprising to see the fast amount of green that Cairns has to offer. Being a tropical resort, there was rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef to explore. For the first couple of days we spent our time trying to organise the rest of our trip down the East Coast. However, after ...