So we finally made it up the East Coast to Cairns, in total this was 60 hours on a coach from Melbourne!!! Thats how big Australia actually is! We arrived here in their winter and the thermometer showed it was 33 degrees!!! It was absolutely roasting. They were hosting the Iron Man triathlon there and we went to go and see some of the people cross the finish line......only we were too hot and couldnt even stand in it! Some people take 18 hours to complete the cou...

Our next stop after Brisbane was supposed to be Fraser Island. Its the biggest sand island in the world and basically, you rent a 4wd and drive round the sand. However, this turned out to be very expensive and we knew we couldnt afford to do both Fraser Island and the Whitsundays so we chose the latter. So instead, we stayed in a really nice hostel for a few days and got drunk! We were only going to stay for one night, but each morning we woke up and decided to...

After Brisbane and the comfort of a real bed and proper dinners, we headed to Noosa for our crab race prize. Not actually through the everglades we later learnt but pretty much unguided canoeing through the rivers was our entertainment for the next 3 days. It was very basic, real bush camping you could say. Though entertainment it certainly was as the bush camp workers pretty much left us to it after the first morning. We canoed 5 k up river, stopping at a l...

After Byron Bay we moved up the coast to Brisbane and stayed with some of Bens friends of the family. It was really nice to chill out for a few days and be shown around the city and surrounding areas. We also ate like Kings, eating meat on the BBQ everyday. That put a smile on our faces after living off instant noodles for the last few weeks. :-) We drove to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and got to see the native wildlife up close and even fed some kangaroos. Th...