Like the cricket rain stopped play! Well so much for the turtle watching! We arrived in Bargara expecting to see the turtles nesting on the beach and then dive in the morning, however 2hours before we were due to start on our very best David Attenborough impressions the most incredible storm came through the town! We have never seen lightening like it, it was amazing. The skies were covered with lightening effects, some forming shapes like Christmas trees. With t...

Hervey Bay and Fraser Island The last few days started with a quite relaxed time round the pool and then showering and going out for dinner. We had to choose the meal option for our trip to Fraser Island (fish or steak) and we had chosen fish so we decided to have a steak dinner the night before! We were recommended a place where on a Thursday they do a $10 steak , the restaurant was right opposite the beach so as the sun set we had a superb meal. An early evenin...

Australia Zoo and more........... CRIKEY!! We've actually made it. Another big tick in our holiday calendar. We left Brisbane early to get to the zoo before the hoards of kids descend on us ! As it happened we left so early we were able to detour to take in the sights of the Glass House Mountain range en-route. Stunning views over a Jurassic Park-esque collection of peaks. Back on the Bruce Highway we soon enter Steve Irwin Drive towards the zoo. Any fan of the C...

Queensland!!!Well we have now crossed the boarder and we are in the sunshine state however yet again the clouds have re-appeared! We are heading for Brisbane, the 2nd largest city in Australia, so unlike the last week we were going to encounter people, lots of people! It started with a morning's drive through surfers paradise, Lonely Planet suggested avoiding this place when the kids are off school as this is where they have their spring break. We thought rather ...

Another day in paradise Well another day has come and gone and again it was eventful. Today we left Coffs Harbour with the sun shining, yes we have finally woke up with the yellow ball in the sky! We spent most of the morning abusing the free wi fi to up-date the blog. Well why not! So a few hours later we embarked on another day on the road. Our destination Bryon Bay. This is where Pete had looked forward to coming to and he wasn't let down when we arrived. On t...