After a cool few nights at Rainbow Beach, a great camping trip to Fraser Island and a couple of mad nights in Noosa, I have reached my next major city, Brisbane. So alcohol and food has yet again become more expensive, but there's much to do here. Went for a run round the city yesterday followed by a swim in the pool and then a jacuzzi, so I've done my exercise for the trip! Today I plan to walk round the city, which will take a while but the rugby stadium (Sunc...

So after a fairly straightforward 13 hour bus journey I arrived in Airlie Beach a few days ago. It's pretty much just one strip which makes life pretty easy. I spend most of the time either at the lagoon or recovering from the night before, then get a box of goon and start again. The hostel I'm staying in is a place called Magnum's. I happened to luckily stumble upon it and it's way better than I expected. I've met loads of friendly people since I arrived, and al...

So I made it to Australia safe and sound. Had to spend a few hours in Darwin, then from there on to Cairns, North-East Queensland. Suprisingly, all the locals are so friendly, I thought they'd still be bitter about the events of '03 but I've tried my best not to mention it. Found an amazing hostel called Gilligan's Backpacker Resort, equipped with warm showers (hoorah!), swimming pool, a fairly cheap bar, pool tables and it's own nightclub. It's absolutely massiv...