We arrived in Hervey Bay around 5pm and our trip to Fraser Island was starting the next day... very excited. That evening we took time to chill, had soup for dinner and brought our goon (that wine again!!) in preparation for the trip. We were not sure how the groups worked for the self drive 4x4 adventure and it turned out it was a lucky dip with your names being called out. Oh my did we have a close shave! We were originally grouped with a bunch of Danish lad...

Ok so back on the Oz bus and off to our next stop which was a compulsory one - Kroombit. We really werent sure what to expect from this one as all we knew was that it was a cattle ranch??!! Stopping for a game of lawn bowls on the way didnt do much to make it less surreal but was good fun. After driving through the bush in the middle of nowhere with only cows and kangaroos in sight we finally arrived at around 5pm. We checked into our wooden hut and sampled so...

Our journey on the Oz Experience bus began here and with our very early start we were feeling a little worse for wear. it wasnt how we expected at all- the bus driver plays double to your tour guide, making remarks on the microphone and even stopping here or there at a view point or for an acitivity (as you can imagine we were NOT in the mood for these stops on this occasion). we're finding that the Oz Experience has its ups and downs- sometimes you just want to ...

We knew we were going to miss Thailand as we had grown to love it but we were ready to leave at that point as we were permanently grubby and sick of asian food and the lack of the English language. Australia was as refeshing as we thought- to hear the receptionist at Gilligans Backpackers hostel was like music to our ears!!! We'd heard of Gilligans via word of mouth and we could kiss the person who recommended it, it was an absolute gem! When we went to our r...