FraserIsland What an awesome trip! FraserIsland was so much fun! It started with an early morning wake-up call, followed by a group meeting in the hostel. Our group was really cool, there was all us girls, Laura and Dane who we knew we got on well with, and then 4 boys from Wales and Bristol; the funniest and most metal people I have met for a while. We had to decide what food we wanted to take with us to feed the ten of us for the next 3 days. Then it was min...

HerveyBay After a few disappointing days we decided to head up to HerveyBay and again search for some jobs. We managed to get some free accommodation for a few nights by working for the hostel, serving food for a few hours in the evening, but this didn't last long. As soon as we realized that there were no job vacancies even on the Islands, we thought we may as well use of trips that were already paid for, so we booked the trip we had been looking forward to s...

RainbowBeach After Noosa we had another compulsory stop on the Oz buses that lead us to RainbowBeach. I literally have no idea why anyone would stop there. There is nothing to see except a surf club and a beach which you have to see from a distance as it is renowned for being a breeding ground for Tiger sharks. There was no way on earth I was going to meet any sharks. It's so strange before you come to Australia you can't help but worry about all the creatures...

Noosa After Brisbane we got up really early and met our trusted driver Joel (we seem to have the same bus driver everywhere we go) and headed up the coast to Noosa. Noosa reminded me of the small towns in the Lake District, in that it was extremely small, had a few odd boutiques selling outdoor clothing and because the tourist information office seemed to be a central attraction. The town was really lovely and very expensive, apparently this is the place rich...

Brisbane Despite not wanting to leave Surfers and hearing lots of negative things about Brisbane we were again pleasantly surprised! The city was very similar to Adelaide which we loved, but had so many different elements to it. We spent the first few days staying with an Aussie guy called Ben, enjoyed a Chinese buffet and spent a few days chilling after spending the mornings looking for work, which again seemed non-existent! On the Saturday we spent the day a...