Once we arrived in Hervey Bay we had a really nice chilled out few days, spending the majority of the time just lazing on the beach. The beach was really quiet and beautiful, the water was calm and amazingly clear. It was nice to have a relax after the previous manic week-not that we're complaining! We stayed at Aussie Woolshed Backpackers where the people who owned it were really helpful and friendly which was appreciated, especially with the cockroach incide...

We flew from Melbourne up to Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast, from there we set off towards Murgon where Lau and Fi's family have a pig farm. Murgon is about 3 hours from the coast and from Brisbane to us it felt like the outback but to them it is coastal because of the size of the country. We arrived at the farm late afternoon where we caught up with all the news and wedding plans before having a family BBQ. We had the most amazing steaks and sausages that ha...

As soon as we stepped out of the airport the heat hit us, it was so nice to have some real Australian weather as the last few days in Sydney were a bit dull weatherwise. Our early flight meant that we had most of Monday to explore the city. We wandered around Melbourne through the lanes of the city behind Flinders Street station. We stopped for lunch in one of the lanes, before catching the free city circle tram which has a commentary so that you can learn the hi...

Sorry we haven't updated for so long, had internet issues and don't know where the time has all gone. We stayed in Sydney on Pitt Street at the Footprints Westend hostel which was in a brilliant location but was on a par with Rowenas - the rooms were fine, but it was the cockroaches in the kitchen that worried us!!! So we decided to stay away and eat out! While in Sydney we enjoyed city life sampling the different restaurants around the city. We ate at...