Yesterday afternoon I arrived in the city of Brisbane. I dropped my bags off at the hostel, got upgraded from a 6 bed to a 4 bed... Winner!! And then there were only 3 of us in there so made friends with my two room mates... A girl from Austria and a girl from Holland, both lovely. I then had a wander round town and took in the sights of the first big city I had been in. It felt strange being in a city again, I had got used to massive empty beaches. I had a look ...

After Fraser Island I then travelled down the east coast a little further to the Sunshine Coast; Mooloolaba. This was my favourite spot on the east coast so far. It had lovely beaches, crystal clear sea to swim in (with no crocs or sharks!) and lots of nice cafes and restaurants to relax in. The kids were learning to surf as part of school and there were lots of water sports to learn like sailing and rowing. It was a really chilled out place. The hostel I stayed ...

After a long 12 hour coach ride I finally arrived at Hervey Bay. It was however 5.50am and there were no buses until 7.30am. I would have waited but I was due on a tour of Fraser Island at7.20am. I had to walk what seemed an age in the heat and with my rucksacks. An hour later and incredibly sweaty I arrived at my hostel. I dumped my bags, tucked into some free brekkie and got on the coach to the ferry terminal. I then got on the barge over to Fraser. I was booke...

So the last couple of days have been very traumatic! Mum and dad you may want to stop reading here...!! I have to include it in the blog as it was an experience! Where to start... So for anyone that doesn't know the whitsundays are a group of islands (74) with beautiful scenery and cannot be missed when visiting Australia! The tours range from $160 for a day to $400 dollars for 3 days. Us tight Poms decided we didn't want to pay for this tour and would rather ...

The day after the sailing lesson we had a bit of a chilled day, went to the shops to top up on food etc. Then in the afternoon, bobs friend Steve took us down to 'alligator creek' where there were no alligators at all! We got to swim with lots turtles which was nice! In the evening we cooked a traditional english meal...'toad in the hole' and sticky toffee pudding for an Aussie, 2 Germans, 2 french people, and an American. It went down a treat so I think we've c...