After leaving Brisbane we had a 7 hour bus trip to Hervey Bay in order to take part in a 4WD Safari trip to Fraser Island(another part of Maxine's prize!!). We rocked into the Hervey Bay hostel at about 9.30, not the greatest hostel in the world but we were only there for one evening before leaving for Fraser Island the next morning. A SERIOUSLY rude awakening on that morning as Maxine came flying back into our room at 6am to inform me that we had about 10 minu...

So - we've been to Brissy. Met up with the Spoto's - which was loads of fun. Big steaks and lots of beer! More on that later. Then it was on to Fraser Island. WOW! Dean's promised to write up the next chapter - but I thought I'd quickly let everyone know what we've been up to over the last few days. Fraser Island was fantastic - so much fun. Now we're back in Brissy for a couple of days before flying off to Darwin to explore the Top End. Will hopefully have some ...