After a pretty epic journey across the country, (seriously you have no idea how big Australia is until you get here) I landed in Perth and Scott and Nina collected me from the airport and swooped me off for a pub dinner. My head was a bit all over the place with the time difference, seeing as I lost an hour when I landed in Sydney and gained 3 when I arrived in Perth. Basically I had no idea. After food we headed back to their flat where an early night was on t...

I checked out at Airlie Beach and met some of my Fraser family who had just got off a boat, and some others that had just arrived in town. You really do bump into all the same people up the east coast! I found Taylor who I met in Rainbow beach who happened to be on the same boat as me and we checked in at the dock when the rain started to fall. Luckily this was the only time it rained on the trip..was worried for a while! Getting on the boat it was soon appare...

After Fraser I had another day at Rainbow Beach whilst the majority were getting on the bus the following lunchtime. It meant we had a fun morning in the pool together, although being my height piggy in the middle is not an easy game to play. I waved the guys off on their bus and then what I had planned to be a productive day ended up being quite a lazy one, although I think it was needed after the last few days at Fraser Island. I had also planned a quiet nig...

So it's true, time really does fly when you're having fun! After leaving Jo and Elliot in Brisbane I got a bus to Noosa, where I had an early night as I was up early to go to Australia zoo. This was Steve Irwin's zoo and is still run by his wife Terri and kids Bindi and Robert. After being in Australia for over a month I finally got to see kangaroos and koalas! There was also a show the Irwin's put on with crocodiles which was pretty awesome too. Was definit...

As our bus pulled into Surfers paradise, the rain started pouring down. The guy from the hostel that collected us said this was the first time it had done this since he moved there about 5 months ago. Just our luck! Once at the hostel we met our new roommates and sat by the pool they had once it had stopped raining. Unfortunately I seemed to get a tummy bug so had to take myself to bed early, and Jo and Claire (who we had met in Sydney) headed out for some coff...