Kroombit Cattle Station, Australia (14th Feb 2008) For the days leading up to this stop we have being having some mixed feelings and didn't know if we should look forward to it, or if it would be a total disaster, but still it was hard not to be a bit excited as we came through the fields surrounding the farm and saw all the animals around and the crops in the fields and since it's a compulsory over night stop for the Oz Experience bus we had no choice in the ...

Mon Repos, Australia (13th Feb 2008) The main reason we stopped off in Bundaberg (besides the rum) was to visit a place called Mon Repos which is the most important place in the southern hemisphere for the conservation of Loggerhead Turtles. Between November and March the mummy turtles come onto the beach and are capable of laying anywhere between 100 and 200 eggs. When ready, the babies emerge from their eggs and attempt the long trek down to the water's edge...

Bundaberg, Australia (11th Feb 2008) G'day mate! Bruce and Sheila here! You know the drill by now, early morning, bleary eyed and back on the Oz Experience bus heading to a new destination, Bundaberg. When the bus rolled up at 7am we had our thoughts confirmed, it was one of the tiny mini buses appose to the nice spacious, air conditioned coaches that would be doing today's 3hour slog further north; luckily we both somehow managed to sleep for most of the jou...

Hervey Bay, Australia (8th Feb 2008) Hervey Bay was more of a necessity stop than a choice destination for us. We had planned to spend three nights there with the option of going over to Fraser Island but after our last attempt in Rainbow Beach failed we gave up and just kicked back for a few days in a town that didn't really have all that much to it. We booked our own accommodation rather than going with the Oz Experiences' recommendations as we were fed up w...

Rainbow Beach, Australia (6th Feb 2008) We arrived in Rainbow Beach mid afternoon and after the shortest tour of a town we have ever had the Oz bus dropped us off at our hostel, Pippie's. Everyone had said to us how small Rainbow Beach was and they weren't kidding, there are three hostels all lined up next to each other and then one small street packed with cafe's and shops leading up to the beach. We checked into our room and really felt we had made the righ...