Friday Feb 22nd: Today was our jetski trek to daydream island. I drove first and absolutely loved it. It took some time getting used to the power of the jetski. The ocean was very calm which made for fairly bump-free riding. Daydream island was unreal. A mega-billionaire owns it and built a fancy resort there. We were able to visit the open-air aquarium and feed barramundi, sharks, and sting rays. It was a really cool experience. Aaron drove on the way back and ...

Tuesday Feb 19th: The weather cleared up this morning and we fought our hangovers hard! Brisbane has a river that runs through it so we decided to take a stroll along the water. The area was full of awesome bars and cafes. The highlight was a manmade beach along the river. It was quite big and was made with real sand. We'd never seen anything like it. We spent the remainder of the day wondering around downtown. We drove to Jess and Sarah's place for dinner. We h...

Saturday Feb 16: Today was a rainy day. The sunshine coast supposedly gets 350 days of sun a year so I guess we caught some bad luck. This morning me and Aaron hit the beach to grab some sun while it lasted. Eventually it started to rain and everyone who was tanning on the beach just grabbed all their stuff and ran for cover! Luckily we weren't far from our hotel so we didn't have to run far. After drying off and enjoying some beers we decided to lay by the pool...

Monday Feb 11th: Today we arrived at the Gold Coast airport where we met up with Aaron's parents to drive down to the small coastal town of Byron Bay. After checking in we all went for a lunch together. We all took bets as to the ethnicity of our server based on her un-Aussie accent. We were all wrong and all felt equally ashamed of ourselves when she announced that she was French Canadian. In our defence, Frenchies are usually not as tanned as she was, and she ...

Monday Feb 4th: Today is our last day in Maui. We hit the pool before checking out and heading to a cool beach town called Paia. We walked down the main drag and checked out some cool shops. We had some lunch and then headed towards the airport area where we moped through a K-mart before checking in for our flight. We were quite early and ended up jumping on an earlier flight and 25 minutes later we were in Honolulu! There was a local gem called Byron's right ne...