Heya, Our drive to Byron Bay took us out of Queensland and into New South Wales. We passed through Brisbane and Surfers Paradise and arrived at the Bay late because our bus broke down on the way. We had dinner in a place called Cheeky Monkeys although the only cheeky monkeys were us who had a free drink and dinner voucher and then walked out straight after.he he! After a coffee and the worlds largest carrot cake in a local cafe we headed back to our hostel. The ...

Hello again, The trip down to Rainbow Beach was so long, we arrived at dark, checked in, had a 10 dollar meal, played some ping pong and went to bed (upgrade, get in!) The next couple of days were spent on the largest sand island in the world, Fraser Island. We were picked up by a coach, which was modified to drive on sand. We then took the ferry across to the island and had dome breaky in our hotel (yes, hotel not hostel, we went up market! although it was th...

Heya, We arrived at our next stop, Airlie Beach on the Oz bus and checked into the backpacker's waterfront hostel. It's has a really strange layout, it's located in the middle of a food court in between a Chinese restaurant and the public toilets.It has hot water and a double bed, which is a change from the last place so we are happy.The evening was spent with everyone from the bus in a local bar, which had free platters and drinks (Matt not so happy, because ...

We left Cairns at 7.30 for our next stop, Mission Beach. We are on a coach tour along the East coast called the OZexperience, its a club 18-30 equivalent without the sleeze. Our driver Sonic made a few stops along the way at a national park and then a crocodile farm, which was really cool.Typical aussie idiot jumping around a crocodile enclosure and we got to feed kangaroos and hold some baby crocs. Matt had his crocodile pie. We stayed at a place called Scottys ...

Gday MateWe had the best time in Cairns. Its such a fun place (town for backpackers!) we arrived there at 8am and jumped on a local bus to our hostel, Dreamtime. It was a nice place, we we're about a 10 minute walk from central cairns and the esplanade. We had meals in town everynight because of how ridicously cheap all the main bars were doing meal deals. Although we've had enough chips. That day we booked a trip to the Great Barrier Reef at a travel agent whic...