bula everybody! bula is the fijian word for hello and they are not shy to use it. We have fallen in love with Fiji and its way of life and our very sad to be already leaving tomorrow! We arrived early last thursday and after a quick nap we went to an orchid garden and a temple, before a lazy afternoon round the pool. Our hostel is very nice and very quiet so we really feel we are away from home! Our first full day was spent on South Sea Island, which is so smal...

G'day g'day, how ya goin', what d'ya know, well strike a light G'day g'day, and how ya go-o-o-in' Just say g'day g'day g'day and you'll be right Isn't great to be an Aussie Takin' a walk along the street Lookin' in shops or buyin' a paper Stoppin' and havin' a yarn with people that you meet Down at the pub or at a party Whenever you're stuck for what to say If you wanna be dinky-di, why don't you give it a try Look 'em right in the eye and say goo'day. ...

So the last blog left you all hanging on the idea of us going scooterooing! Well we did and all in all we had a massive laugh! We decided, our funds being what they are, to share a bike and drive half each. As neither of us had really ridden a scooter/motorbike before, the guy sent me off on my own to get used to while Jo was tucked safely behind an instructor. After about 20 mins all the other partner groups were allowed to get together, however we weren't. When...

So, after randomly bumping into some Maidstone guys that we knew (what are the chances ey?!) and hanging out in Noosa, we headed off to Rainbow Beach. Here we went on our Fraser Island trip. We were in a group with 11 people, all crammed into a 4x4 jeep - cosey! We had a wiiiicked time driving round the island, stopping at beautiful clear water lakes, and camping on the beach! We were driving round with 2 other jeeps full of people from our hostel too, so there w...

So it's time for another update to our travels. Sorry it has taken a while, but we've been busy girls. So busy in fact that this blog will have to whizz over the basics really, otherwise we'll be here for hours haha... So, we arrived in Brisbane Saturday night and went to stay with Maddi and Ria (the Australian girls that Jo met when she was travelling Europe), and we had a night out in the city with some of their mates. We caught the Greyhound bus to Maryboroug...