Just off the Coast of Townsville, Queensland sits Magnetic Island. The name of the island came about because of the apparent “magnetic” effect it had on the ship’s compass of Captain Cook as he passed the island when sailing up the east coast of Australia in 1770. The island itself is beautiful and the views from our hostel were incredible both during sunrise and sunset. We stayed at Base Hostel which was located on the East side of the Island, literally ...

Bobbi and I arrived in Airlie Beach at 9am after a long night bus from Hervey Bay, I only managed to get one hour sleep so I was feeling pretty exhausted. We found our hostel Magnums, which we could call home for one night before setting off on our sailing tour around the Whitsunday islands. Unfortunately we had to wait before we were able to check in and take a well needed shower so we decided to see what Airlie had to offer. Airlie beech is lovely town with s...

Fraser Island stretches over 123 kilometres in length and 22 kilometres at its widest point. It is the largest sand island in the world. The Butchulla people are the indigenous people of Fraser Island. The Butchulla people's traditional name for Fraser Island was K'gari which means paradise. According to Butchulla legend, Fraser Island was named K'gari after the beautiful spirit who helped Yindingie, messenger of the great god Beeral, create the land. Fraser i...

We arrived and were greeted at the bus terminal by our hostel mini bus. I was too late at the time of booking to get one hostel that could accommodate us for the three nights we were planning on staying in Noosa. Therefore I had to book one night at Dolphins (I am glad we only had one night there) and the following two nights in Flashpackers (one of the cleanest hostels I have stayed in to date). We checked out early and moved base in the morning as we had a fu...

Brisbane has a great ferry system which is free of charge stopping off at all the major attractions, we headed for South Bank. Australia's only beach in the middle of the city, Streets Beach is one of South Bank's most popular attractions. A unique, man-made swimming beach, Streets Beach overlooks the brilliant Brisbane River and central business district. We spent the day at Streets Beach which has a sparkling-clean, crystal-clear lagoon with white-sand beaches...