Cairns We were excited about our first night in Cairns as we had booked a popular party hostel and a few friends we had met on our travels north were also in cairns that night. We coordinated with them and booked onto a party bus bar crawl that started and ended in our hostel. It was a great night with good music and full out dancing. It was so nice to meet up again with people we had met travelling. We formed a good group of us som...

Brisbane 2 By the time we got to Brisbane everything had caught up with us. I felt tired and unfit. So for a few days we just ate well, went to the gym and chilled during the day. Surfers paradise 2 Despite not liking the town itself in surfers, I was back so Jess could see it and we could have a few days on the beach. We stayed at the same hostel I was at before so I knew a few of the staff. There wasn't much to do in surfers so we used it as more time to cat...

Mission beach The day had come round very quickly, it was time to jump out of a plane. We got up at 6am in time to be picked up at 7. When the bus arrived they were looking for 4 jess' but there was only the 2 of us. It appeared that they had a booked us in twice meaning we may have to wait until the people from Cairns arrived later before we did our skydive. Not a great start but we weren't going to let that worry us. The woman driving us was an experienced sky...

The hostel was unbelievable. The bar looked out over the beach with the hostel rooms further back following the line of the sea. The pool was also looking out to sea. As we walked in there was a great atmosphere created by chilled music and the wooden bar area extending the beach theme. Our hostel room was a triangular shack. We had heard that the best way to see the island was to rent a 4x4. We started trying to get a group of people together to share the cost...

Airlie beach We arrived in the pouring rain, it was late and as we walked up to the hostel we heard cheers and antics. We walked through quickly to get our keys. The atmosphere at the hostel wasn't quite what we were used to with most people there over 25. Perhaps it was because this hostel was located slightly out of town. But we met a lovely American girl in our room. And by the time we left she had been offered a job at the hostel and planned to stay another ...