Brisbane was nice enough, but we only had a short amount of time there, and the weather wasn't too great during our stay, so missed out on seeing and doing more. Apparently Queensland has approx 300 days of sunshine each year, which is good going, but to say the start of the year has been pretty dire for then with the floods and cyclone, I wasn't really expecting anything but good weather. Anyway, as sods law has it, it rained and wasn't very appealing, then on...

After our 1.5 hour bus journey from Surfers, weve made it to Brisbane. and weve checked into an amazing boutique hotel in the Spring Hill area of the city. Who says backpacking has to be all about hostels!!! Ill update the blog, when I have internet access next! Hope your all OK, and Dad - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! :) xx Hi all. I must say, our east coast trip is passing by quickly!! We've just finished up in Brisbane, and its been a brief stop really. Our coac...

We made it to Paradise... Surfers Paradise to be exact. I'm afraid im feeling slightly let down by this place, I feel as though the Aussies have sold themselves out here to a bunch of Americans!! Its got such a Vegas feel about it - but with a hint of Benidorm on the side!! Its actually nice, but not 'Australian' at all!! Anyway our 2 hour coach journey from Byron to Surfers took us over the border from NSW to QLD. We rewound our watches 1 hour, so the bus jou...

The Bus journey took us 12 hours up the NSW coastline, I woke up early to the beautiful horizon at Coffs Harbour, the colours of the sunrise was just like a painting! A few hours later we stopped off at a service station for the drivers to swap, and for us to have some breakfast, right across the road from the service station was an open field with morning mist, and Kangaroos frolicking!! Cute! A few hours later, A total of 12 hours travelling, we made it to d...

So, our time in Sydney has now been and gone!! We've spent over half our time in Australia in Sydney, so we have had chance to experience all that the city has to offer, bar the Sydney Bridge climb... We saw all the suburbs of Sydney, went to most of the beaches, know the CBD 'like the back of my hand' and have started thinking of Sydney as home!! Both Luke & I have been working constantly over the past few months, Monday to Friday, earning lots of money t...