Headed down towards Hervey Bay and popped into a place called Eungella National Park. Saw a Duck-Billed Platypus in the wild and then stopped off at a viewpoint (Eungella means lands of the clouds so you get the idea). Only gone 5-10 mins and coming back to the car park saw a van leaving the otherwise empty car park. Wondered why they didn't do the little walk to the viewpoint and more precisely wondered where our bloody iPod was! An exciting 10 min campervan...

After a week and a bit in the Cape Tribulation rainforest area we dropped south to Cairns where we met up with the Irish couple again and got absolutely slaughtered downtown in celebration of Kym's birthday. Feeling a bit ropey we headed further south through more stunning scenery and just as I was thinking "what an awesome bikey road" we came across a the Police pulling one out of a ditch and the 60 yr old chappie being helipcoptered away! Got the pa...

After our marathon journey we came into an area called The Tablelands and the scenery changed from the typical Outback monotony to err... Wales! Loadsa rolling green hills and black and white cows - very surreal. In between these Welsh bits was wonderful waterfalls and our first view of the Pacific in quite awhile. We've got quite attached to it having been looking at it since Mexico. We moved a bit more North and came to Cape Tribulation where the rainforest me...

Landed in Brisbane late at night and slept in the departures lounge (to save one night's money) with a load of Koreans who were due out on the early morning flight. Next morning we booked into a hostel above The Elephant & Wheelbarrow (genuine English pub) and met Mark from Wicked Camper Vans who we had been chatting to on e-mail since Mexico. Despite us being unable to transfer a deposit he had sprayed up the van as per our suggestions (Ozzie touring car on ...