Brisbane 12th October. Arrived in Brisbane from Surfers Paradise yesterday on Mikes birthday. its been raining the last couple of days but really hot and humid. We had to give the van back and spent hours driving around Brisbane trying to find the depot and getting a bit stressed out! Finally found it and gave the van back a couple of hours early as there is NO PLACE TO PARK IN BRISBANE whatsoever! Oh there are carparks underground but they are $12 for half an h...

8th October 2008 Okay so we are in the Gold Coast also known as Surfers Paradise. I really like this place. All the people from oz come here to holiday, its like a big holiday resort but quite laid back and lots of things to do, them parks, water parks, arcades, shopping malls, adrenalin parks etc. We went to the Corumbian Sanctuary yesterday, we got there at 8am as we always wake up at 6.30am and make breakfast in our van. It was $40 each to get in so quite exp...