Auckland to Mercury BayYes that's right, we are in a whole different country! Arrived in Auckland on Saturday afternoon and was met by our tour guide for the next few days (NZ Mark who lives in London) and headed into the city.Had a quick change and then went to explore some of the eating and drinking holes that Auckland has to offer. We had a cheeky bottle of wine and a lovely Thai meal before moving onto an Irish Bar (Danny Dooligans - very authentic) where...

Arrived in Cairns and we are staying at one of the best hostels ever - Travellers Oasis, its really small and the owner Gabe is very funny and helpful, only 3 in a dorm and you get a proper towel!! Funny how good it feels to have a proper towel and duvet! Our first day was spent checking out the shops as we hadn't been shopping for the past 5 days! Spent the next day in Kuranda which is a small village in the hills near Cairns. Usually you can get there b...

Next town on the list was Townsville for 2 nights not really much to say about this place to be honest - town wasn't that nice and hostel was grotty. We spent one of the days walking down the strand and lazing by the rock pool (man made pool by the sea) this was really nice. Caught the ferry to Magnetic Island where we spent one night. The island is very quiet, we were staying in one of the bays at Base Backpackers which was right on the beach and had great...

After our Fraser Island advenutre, we arrived back in Hervey Bay to be told that most of the buses going up to Airlie Beach (where we had a boat trip booked to go on the Whitsunday's) were cancelled due to heavy rain and flooding! The bus driver was not sure he could make it with some of the roads been closed and we might get stranded, but been the all adventue girls we are.... we risked it!  After the overnight bus, we ...

We decided to stop off at Noosa for two nights on the way to Hervey Bay. Noosa is a very small town with a gorgeous beach, shops and restaurants so we spent a few days just chilling on the beach. Also bumped into Emily and Becky again who we met in Surfers.Arrived in Hervey Bay, weather was starting to go down hill a bit- the sun wasn't out, so there was nothing else for it- we decided to spend the day sat in a cafe eating cake! This place was nothing like we...