So we made into Auckland just fine no plane crashes, although Kate got really hasselled by the Immigration guy on a power trip. Just about to declare that we had no food in our bags and go through customs when we realised we had a pack of Tim Tams which are a nicer version of Penguin bars and so stuffed ourselves with Tim Tams while queueing for customs. Got to our massive hostel found our bed met a Welsh girl and a guy from Chicago and as there was free beer at...

So we caught an overnight train from Airlie beach to Cairns, it was our last bus ride in Australia wohoo! But it was also our worse, it was absolute hell the bus was packed so you couldn't lie down and stretch out and the driver seemed to think that just because he was awake so should we. For example he used his microphone to announce every stop and demanded that we took the opportunity to stretch our legs even though it was 3 o'clock in the morning! We arrived ...

We arrived in Airlie Beach, and managed to book at cheap cruise around the Whitsundays at our hostel. So the next day at 4 o'clock we boarded our boat/yacht called the New Horizon and headed of to the Whitsunday Islands. My very wounded camera decided to stop working completely, so have very few pics of such a beautiful place. But we did buy a waterproof disposable one to take pics while we were diving so we have a few. Basically the tour was short but fantastic...

So we arrived in Hervey (pronounced Harvey) Bay got off at the bus terminal got picked up by our hostel courtesy bus and then was told by the woman that if we wanted to go to Fraser Island (the largest sand island in the world) on a Self-drive 4X4 tour we could leave tomorrow on special stand-by rates which we agreed to. So got driven back to the hostel booked in and immediately went to a briefing about the Island and what to do and what not to do with the rest ...

Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast is the land of Sky Scrapers, and exactly what Forster is trying so desperatley to become. Uncle John drove us to our lovley new appartment block which Chris had kindly booked for us, with sea views a pool, gym and a fantastic modern appartment. So Laura basically crashed out in front of the gignatic plasma TV waiting for Chris and Felix to arrive later that evening while Kate went down to the Supermarket to buy some food. When...