Monday 1st February I've been a bit lazy with my blog recently so I'm going to keep the next few days more brief than usual. It's been a slight chore keeping up with it especially when socialising more and no wifi! We checked into our new hostel Base uptown to begin our package that Jamie had helped us sort and went and saw the botanic gardens properly. It was a really hot day again but nice to stroll around and enjoy them, we had some lunch there and appreciate...

Saturday 30th January I woke up usually early and was excited to begin our girly day having still recently felt down. We went to Brisbane School of Hairdressing for our appointments where a lady who was originally from Manchester and has been in Australia for the last 8 years did our hair highlights for us. We both let it naturally dry and it was $70 each which we felt pleased about compared to the other hairdressers. Afterwards we went off to get our nails done...

Gold Coast - Surfers Paradise Friday 22nd January We woke up really early Friday again from the heat of the van. I wasn't feeling great and still felt down missing home, so Lisa left me on the phone while she went into town to get an Australian SIM card for her phone which was now unlocked meaning she could finally help me organise things on her phone. When she got back we had another pool day and I chilled out reading Bridget. Much later on that night we wen...