There were coupons at the hostel for a cafe where you could claim a free coffee and cake, so we headed there for breakfast, and then drove to Surfer's Paradise. We parked at the hostel, and then used their shuttle bus service to get into town. We found the Hogs Breath Cafe, and went in to introduce ourselves, and then went to Peter Pans travel agency to use their internet so we could start the online training for the new menu (so we had a bit of a head start fo...

We went for lunch at the Lebanese place and shared a veggie deluxe plate- falafels, vine leaves, Baba Ganoush, hummus, flat bread, tabouli, spinach and feta pie and a really nice rice, lentil and onion dish. After that we just chilled out at the lagoon. We watched a film which we requested to be 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' but it was a weird Mexican film where a woman married a drug dealer but loved his brother. We wanted to go out in fortitude v...

We allowed ourselves a nice little lie in, and then drove into the centre of Brisbane to find Brisbane Backpackers resort. I got a bit disorientated whilst looking at the map because I thought we were at the other end of the A3 road, and the signs were a bit misleading but we got there in the end. There were programs for the Brisbane Festival, which we had seen signs for whilst driving in- looks like we got here at a good time! There's some cool looking stuff l...

Alice had eaten some yummy veggie burgers on the Fraser trip, and so I asked at reception where they came from, and so we both brought some from the butchers and then used the computers at Tribal Travel. After that we set off for Hervey Bay, since we had a whale watching trip booked. It was slightly annoying as that meant we had to go back up the East Coast, but we got to get so close to some of the whales that it was worth it. They were selling a CD with whale...

Today, waking up time was 7, since we had to put back our sleeping mats and brush the sand out our tents. Then we drove to a lake that you have to walk about 30-40 minutes to, through rainforest and then over sand dunes. Again, if it was sunnier it would have been a beautiful place to sunbathe at, but this was the only place I didn't brave the cold to go in, despite the walk making everyone feel hot and sweaty (I just hadn't brought my towel). The Irish guys ha...