So we went to get the bus from mel's which was about 40 mins late - we almost decided to give up and stay with mels longer but didnt want to be charged for our brisbane hostel booking and not use it.So we had a quick bus ride to brisbane - because the bus was late noone could collect us so we walked to the hostel to be told that we didnt have a bed - yes they had a bokking for us but had not saved us a bed.They shipped us out to another hostel 10 mins out of ...

So we regretably had to move on from Pippie's in the beautiful Rainbow Beach and next stop on our Southward journey was Noosa, one of Australia's most popular tourist attractions with prices to match. We checked into the Halse Lodge, a colonial building that has been converted into a backpackers, before heading out into town. We wandered around the boutiques on the main drag, before retracing our steps and heading up into the Noosa National forest, choosi...

So we arrived in Rainbow Beach which is lovely and checked in to pippies - a very cute hostel which is being looked after by laura vaughan who did lifesaving with Cath Worth from Swansea! jen tell her this! We then met our group for Fraser Island - 1 italian, 2 english, and 3 germans. Despite it being a self drive noone else realised that actually meant you needed to be able to drive so we ended up being the only 2 drivers. We did our group shopping, packed it...

So we arrived in Agnes Water which is the town nearest the town of 1770. Unfortunately they have yet to think that most people who come here want to visit 1770 and so they have not yet introduced a bus service between the two places. Our hostel was quite cool and we got to to write on the wall! We took a walk around all the bays and took the duck snorkelling in the rock pools where the little fish came and nibbled us. The bays were cool and completed deserted. W...

The next day we were up early and after Stu got a little lost on the farm we mustered the horses on our motorbikes. We then went on another horse ride. Stu saddled his horse and then was told it was lame so was put on Lancelot who was much better but supposedly was only supposed to walk - noone told him tho! After another superb lunch we fed the horses and shouted in the valleys to hear the echo. back to Rockhampton for a night in the YHA - Rockhampton wa...