Surfers Paradise Next stop for us is Surfers Paradise, we’ve only incorporated a 1 day visit into our itinerary as we have heard mixed reviews (with more than a few mentioning “Magaluf” and “Benidorm”) So we make sure we book an early greyhound bus so we have 1 full day there. Unfortunately, this happens to be the day we (or rather I) make our first blip with times. On this occasion, I take full responsibility. On checking the itinerary many times, ...

Next stop down the coast - Noosa for just 1 nightA popular backpacker town, with a real 'holiday village' feel about it. The first shop we spotted was "Hugo Boss" - this was a pricey area! We spent the afternoon snoozing on the beach, only to be coated from head to toe in sand - a combination of the wind and sea spray air made it impossible to avoid!I was also shocked to see many small jellyfish all over the shore line! That was the end of any possibil...

The journey to Hervey Bay After boarding our greyhound at 8pm....we are soon told that in 2 hours time we will be changing buses. Not the best start! Especially as andy and i had managed to get decent seats together on this packed bus. 2 hours later we grind to a halt (we can now understand why we are changing buses. This one sounds knackered!) and shuffle off to move to the other bus. Somehow Andy and I are 2 of the last people to board. We end up on the bac...

Airlie Mon 30th nov On arriving into Airlie we have our first experience of a Pretty Crap Hostel. First off we are told there is no free wifi – which doesn’t seem like that big a deal, but it had swayed us slightly in choosing to stay there as we could catch up with all our e-mails/bookings etc (the internet is pretty expensive over here). Nevermind – we could get over it. Contrary to this though, we have a run in with the manager. We think it is reasonabl...

On Arriving in Townsville we head straight from the coach to the ferry terminal. After a 20 min ride we arrive at Nelly Bay and catch the bus to the Bungalow Bay YHA at Horseshoe Bay! It feels like its been a pretty long journey and we are relieved to finally put our bags down. The hostel doubles up as a wildlife sanctuary, and each double room is housed in an individual wooden cabin. With so many different animals in close proximity – we’ve never heard so m...