We had found what we thought was a really good deal on the internet for accomodation in surfers we had rented out our own flat for 3 days instead of a hostel because the hostels were all so expensive here. It took a little while to find the appartment but when we did it was a big tower block like the ones in jardine, but it turned out to be awesome, they had no studio appartments left so we were upgraded to a bigger appartment with two balconys one looking toward...

after we found our hostel we headed out to explore brisbane and for the first time in a while the sun was shining which was a right bonus. Brisbane is really nice and although it looks massive on the photos with all the skyscrapers and stuff its not actually that big and easily walkable, the whole city is built around the brisbane river which winds through it and the water front is covered with bars and restaurants and trendy little cafes, we had a good day wonde...

For a change we decided to go to another place off the tourist track a little bit and headed off for caloundra, its a small seaside town inbetween brisbane and noosa and is also the place to go to visit the glasshouse mountains, which was are main reason for going. Caloundra is beautiful i cant belive more tourists dont come here the coastline is stunning and its full of top little restaurants and cafe's and also its half the price of everywhere we have been so f...

Glad to be out of hervey bay and away from the awful weather we went to noosa next, this place is quality its got great shops, beautiful beaches, loads of bars and restaurants and rivers which carve there way through the town to the sea its a really naturally beautiful place. To keep ourselves occupied the first day we did a big walk which hugs the coastline and takes u to some amazing beaches and lookout points, noosa is really popular with the surf crowd who tr...

So even in spite of the terrible weather we headed down to hervey bay which is the jumping off point for fraser island, the rain was really starting to do our heads in now it was like being back in england, when we got to our hostel we were happy because our room had a tv and dvd player so at least we had something to watch while the rain kept us indoors. The plan was to stay there a night then go across to fraser island but we started getting the feeling the rai...