For a change, we didn't have to get up at stupid o'clock to get the Greyhound today and managed to lie-in! We also got a lift back to the bus stop from the good people at Ozzie Pozzie - we've really enjoyed our 2 days here; it would have been nice to stay for longer but we've got to move on so that we make it to Brisbane in time to meet Kelly!

We braced ourselves for the 9 hour bus journey and set off just after 12:00. Highlights on this Greyhound trip included overhearing a guy on the phone who faced a night sleeping in Brisbane bus station after he left his Grandma to book his ticket for him, and she booked the wrong one. The rant when he realised his bus didn't exist (we've been there before - remember our imaginary bus from Little Rock to Las Vegas?) was a classic, but most of it is unprintable for our family readership.

Along the way we found out we needed to take a detour due to an accident on the highway (great!) so the whole trip took about 10 and a half hours - a very long day!

We eventually made it to our hostel after sharing a taxi with 2 French girls we met at the bus stop, at about 10:30. The Place was deserted as everyone was out on a backpacker pub crawl so we got some rest until 4am when they all started coming back!

We're planning on hitting the beach tomorrow, then catching up with some Fiji friends tomorrow night…