We arrived into Surfer's Paradise, or Surfer's for short, late. Surfer's is on the Gold Coast and is basically your typical tourist destination... a bit tacky. We were only there for two nights and our hostel is right in the middle of everything, which is good. The room is just a small hotel room with two bunk beds in it. Fortunately, our first night we had the room to ourselves. We went over the road and grabbed some good old fashioned Aussie doner kebabs and th...

Brisbane is a pretty cool place. We took a wander around the city and saw all the sights. There wasn't an incredible amount to do in Brisbane itself which was why we'd only allowed ourselves three days there. Our hostel is really nice but quite a treck into the city, plus the train network is really expensive and only employs rude and obnoxious members of staff. The one thing that's frustrating about Brisbane is that everything closes early. If New York is the...

The next morning we picked up out Wicked camper. As expected it was a piece of s***. We should have considered ourselves lucky the thing wasn't covered in anything offensive, but it was pink leopard print, so a bit of an eye sore. It was supposed to look like a strawberry but it just looked retarded. It's a 2000km trip down to Brisbane and we had been given 5 days to do it. More than enough time but there's so much to do down the stretch that we were having to p...

It took three days in total to get from Alice Springs to Darwin. After the cold nights in the desert, Darwin was really hot. It was nice to be in the sun again. We safely navigated the enormous motorhome into Darwin CBD. It was stressful, mostly because we didn't have anywhere to stay. With Amber frantically checking Hostelworld reviews on her iPhone we managed to find somewhere. It was until we pulled up outside however that Siobhan told me it was a YWCA! Bein...

So after two months of hard work we finally left Yulara/ the Ayers rock resort. Working for Sounds of SIlence was pretty cool as I got to watch the sunset and see the milky way every night. It got pretty cold though and tourists tend to be pretty annoying. People would hear my name and presume I was Irish and then were always really dissapointed when I said I was English. Not exactly my fault eh dad! Met some cool people and enjoyed having a cup of tea (or glass ...