No issues on the bus today thankfully. It was a reasonably short trip to Surfers paradise, just under two hours, so I had barely drifted of with my head bobbing around like a nodding dog in a car window and we were suddenly there. I had a low opinion of Surfers paradise from what people had told me in the past. I had heard that it was just an over-populated, tourist trap with hundreds of hotels and skyscrapers taking over the skyline. And when I got there I reali...

I want to take this opportunity to apologise for my awful spelling an grammar over the last few blogs. Writing on a small itouch can sometimes prove a challenge, especially on a bumpy bus or when your eyelids are not wanting to stay open. So there we were lining up for the bus and because I only booked it that morning and didn't print off my ticket, I was a bit nervous that we would have a b****** of a driver and wouldn't be allowed on the bus. I also noticed th...

O my good god. How I got up the next day, I do not know. Not even cold pizza for breakfast helped. The lads went pretty early so I got up and said goodbye, regretting immediately that I even lifted my head off the pillow. For once it was fatigue, not a hangover, that made me feel like death warmed up. Everything was an effort, especially packing my bag (still full of sand) and lugging it to the bus stop for the Greyhound to Noosa. Grace and poppy were heading the...

So, after 3 hours of next to no sleep, I set foot in hervey bay. It was roasting hot even at 8am in the morning which didn't blend well with how tired and disgusting I already felt. I got a free lift with the hostel van with a girl called Charlotte who's friend is in podiatry too apparently. It's amazing the conversations you have in 5 minutes. The hostel was called Palace hostel, and was the best hostel so far purely because I had a whole room and a double bed a...

As we came over the hill towards Airlie beach, I was greeted by beautiful clear sea, a picturesque marina and, drum roll please, sun. Beaming hot, skin melting, blinding sun and it was like the medicine I needed from the raining misery in Cairns. Driving through the small town I spied all the necessary buildings I needed during my time here- hostel, mcdonalds, pub. I got off at the bus stop 2 hours early than we expected which is ideal since I could check in to ...