The first rumours that something was wrong with the roads started when we got back to Airlie and Linda found out that her night bus up to Cairns had been cancelled. My bus up to Townsville at 7am was on schedule, but it terminated in Townsville instead of going on up to Cairns as there was flooding on the road. As a result Townsville got VERY busy! Linda arrived at Foreign Exchange backpackers shortly after me and we caught up with Or and Yuval from Israel who Li...

Still not got used to spending a night on a bus, so arrived in Airlie Beach to blazing hot sunshine rather bleary eyed. I really felt for Hannah and Laura (Canadians) who were heading straight off on their Whitsundays sailing trip! As it was I spent Thursday and Friday lazing about in the lagoon (there's strictly no swimming in the sea in Airlie because of stingers!) and catching up with people from down the road. Saturday dawned another beautiful day as we set ...

The twin towns of Agnes Water and 1770 are not so much "towns" more just a collection of buildings on another stretch of beautiful Queensland coast.I am staying in Southern Cross which is almost like a mini-resort with a much needed pool and large communal area.After a totally uneventful bus journey (the highlight was watching Cool Runnings) where I caught up with a lot of people that I had met in Noosa, Southern Cross was a great spot to chill, watch some live m...

Fraser's on Rainbow was a bit of a step down from Flashpackers!Not too much to report about Rainbow Beach really, it's a tiny village which exists really as a stepping off point for Fraser Island.I did walk up to the Carlo Sandblow which was pretty impressive and made even more so by the fact that there was an incredible rainbow which preceded a rainstorm which I watched travel across the sea onto the sandblow itself.With Eva Cassidy's "Somewhere over the rainbow...

Checking into Flashpackers in Noosa (thanks to Annabel for the recommendation) was a welcome surprise, a super clean hostel, a room with only 3 beds (no bunks) and an en-suite with hairdryer and hair straighteners!Everyone in Flashpackers was really friendly and it was a small enough hostel so that it was pretty easy to speak to most people.Noosa is a really lovely place, very chic with lots of good shops and restaurants. On arriving I headed down to Main Beach ...