We arrived in Coffs Harbour about midnight after a 3 hour drive in the dark and the rain and spent the next half hour searching for Robs desired hostel. After he finally checked in, we used the kitchen facilities but soon Dan and I were shouted at and thrown out for not being guests! So we sulked and ate our half cooked noodles in the van before finding a place to park up and sleep. We awoke in the morning to yet more rain and after spending the morning doing som...

We left Brisbane with a full day ahead of us and a plan to reach Byron Bay by lunchtime, including a stop in the town of Surfers Paradise. However we as soon as we reached Surfers Paradise we left as we realised it was basically the Benidorm of Australia - high rise buildings all the way to the beach and the place was full of tacky souvenir shops! After leaving Surfers though, Dan realised he had left his passport in Brisbane and we had to turn back, making what ...

Has been a while since I last updated, have reached Melbourne but we'll start with some stories about my time in Brisbane. After leaving Noosa in the evening, Dan and I (well me really) did some night driving and arrived in Brisbane about midnight. It was the first big city we had to deal with in Australia and finding somewhere to park for the night became a bit of a nightmare. We ended up driving straight through the city into a southern suburb and sleeping on w...

After leaving Rainbow beach, we headed down to the complex town of Noosa, where there are many different parts to the town all beginning with Noosa so we opted for Noosa Heads to start our exploring. As part of a package we had booked in Cairns, we were eligible for a free 3 day canoe trip in the Everglades National Park at Gagaju Bush Camp but when we rang to book it up they said that we had to in fact give 14 days notice. So we gave up on the idea, but whilst i...

OK, so we left Airlie Beach and the Whitsundays sailing knowing we had atleast a 12 hour drive down to our next big activity which was Fraser Island. So we decided to split the drive over 3 days to give us a bit more time to relax and see some of the coast. Our first day involved a short drive down to Mackay which didn't appeal mainly due to the rain and so we headed on a scenic drive of the coast where the beaches of Australia continued to impress as they were a...