We arrived in Brisbane mid afternoon and checked into our hostel which was quite central and really big and clean. We have had fab room mates, 2 lads from Saint Helen's who constantly took the mick out of our accents and generally took great pleasure in winding us up. We checked out the Irish bar in the hostel on the first night and found it was really good! and not far to crawl to bed although we were both on top bunks which we found halarious. We took our ...

We were a bit dubious about going to Surfers Paradise as we'd heard it was all high rise and not very pretty. I think we were pleasantly surprised when we got there, it was a nice change and so different from other places. The weather was fantasitc for the 4 nights we were there as well which was great. Arrived at the hostel in style in a limousine which was setting you up for a fall right away seen as we stayed in bunkbeds for our stay, not a king size in a...

Arrived at Byron Bay and we had a few problems booking in somewhere so ended up at the Arts Factory Lodge which looked ok in the Lonley Planet guide - it said that it was a bit Eclectic and different and some of the beds may be in a tent... it was exactly that! basically a hippy commune just out of town where we stayed in a big tent with bunkbeds in it! It was not as you may think, it was full of young british chavs and the noise didn't stop until the early h...

Once again boarded the greyhound bus to our next stop Coffs Harbour. Staying at the Hoey Moey - yes we are only staying at hostels with names that rhyme! This place was extremely spread out- we were 1.5 hours walk from the centre and that only consisted of one main street that as we found out closed up totally at 4pm on a saturday- ghost town. The first night we arrived we went out to the Hoey Moey pub and ended up playing pool with a guy from Sunderland and a...

Set off to Port Macquarie where we stayed at the Ozzie Pozzie for 3 nights. This place was really nice, nice beaches and harbour area, popular with aussie families and was just really good vibe. All the stones in the harbour were painted by people who'd been there on holidays and it was interesting to read them all. On first night we went out to the Macquairie hotel for a few bevvies. Spent most of the next day walking along the cliff tops over the beach to...