The Greyhound bus arrived in Rainbow beach and dropped us right outside our hostel (Pippies) a great hostel with clean rooms and air conditioning that actually worked! As we had a day to do something before we had to go on our Fraser Island tour we decided to head to the beach and soak up the rays. Rainbow is a lovely place with local shops and restaurants doing some good business. We had our briefing for the tour that afternoon where we would meet the people who...

Our first day in Noosa we went to Australia Zoo. There was a free bus from the hostel which was good as tickets were quite expensive. It was a good day though! We went to the 'Crocoseum' which was awesome. Terry, Bindi and Robert Irwin were presenting the show. Bindi fed a crocodile which jumped out of the water which was crazy as she is only 13 and we saw 2 death rolls. They are massive, under the water they look small but when they jump out you get to see the r...

The next day the weather was more like we were hoping for so we headed to the botanical gardens in the city in the morning before catching our flight to Dan's on the Gold Coast. Dan met us at the airport, picking us up in a very flash car! We then went to the train station to pick up his friend Hannah. We got back to Dan's very plush pad which boasted a pool, spa and a gym and met everyone else, Keelie, Ross, Marksy and his flat mate Nimo. In the evening the boys...

Sydney was a great airport to fly in to. Whilst landing we could see the Harbour Bridge and Opera House. Our taxi driver on the way to our hotel told us that Sydney was experiencing its worse summer in 50 years! Oh no, not what we wanted! Our hotel was at Hyde Park about a 20 minute walk from the harbour. On our way to the harbour to see the famous landscape we got caught in a huge downpour. Just as the forecast had predicated! Not the weather we expected in Sydn...

Whilst talking to people on our travels we were warned that there was not much left in Christchurch after the earthquake in February. However we had to go because it was where we were flying to Australia from. After driving the inland scenic route from Geraldine, which was pretty but not in comparison to some of the landscapes we have seen in New Zealand we arrived in Christchurch. On the outskirts we came across a Westfields Shopping Centre so stopped there for ...