The drive back to Christchurch wasnt too bad but did take most of the day but we got to Chirstchurch about 3pm, we then decided to go and do the Antartica centre there as we had time, so we went in and saw little blue penguins and experienced an Antarctica storm and normal temp (-8) and we learnt lots about Antartica. The next day we then had a long lie in and then mooched around Christchurch a bit took the van to be washed and then met up with the irish lot for...

So our night in Queenstown we managed to meet up with the Irish girls for a cup of tea and cake. Then we had a wander around Queenstown which is a nice little ski town and we rang mum and dad which was nice as we've not spoken to them since the end of June when we were in Thailand - bad daughters! We then went to the much raved about Ferg Burger which was nice but neither Vic or I could finish the burgers. We then walked back to the van and as we reached the carp...

So on our last day in Australia we went to Paddys marketin Chinatown to spend the last of our Aussie dollars (another hoodieand a scarf!) and had a walk through the chinese friendship garden and around Darling harbour. We then did some washing and packed and had an early night as our bus to the airport was early. The bus in the morning was early so we had to race out to it at 5.25am, and as we were the last pick up we went straight to the airport so we were qu...

So we made it to Sydney, on the way in on the bus we came accross the harbour bridge and saw the opera house, but as soon as we'd checked into the hostel - yay we have our own room for 4 nights what novelty!! So we headed straight back out after a shower and freshen up and went and got on an open top bus which showed us the city sights, such as the bridge and the opera house and hyde park and kings cross. Then in evening we met up with the girls in yet another I...

So we arrived in Brisbane after another delightful coach ride :) We did nothing really once we got here as it was mid afternoon and we were knackered so we did our sandy laundry that had accumulated on Fraser island, and had a bit of a play on email, before heading out down to the lads hostel (which is more near town than ours) for dinner, as we didnt really know our bearings yet it took us 40minutes to walk to, never mind we'd definately worked up an appetite b...