16 hours on a bus - what fun! But we made it safely to Alice Springs. We walked from the bus stop to the hostel and dumped our bags as we couldn't check in until 11am. We then realised it was breakfast time (the whole experience on the bus was very surreal and messed with our body clocks!) so went and had a bite to eat and wandered around the town. We'd remembered that Ben (Narelle's Brother in Law for those of you who don't know) worked in an outdoor centre in A...

With only 6 other people on the bus the journey to Katherine was quite relaxing, we even got to watch a film! We arrived in Katherine and headed straight down the high street to the Motel. It's not the nicest of places and there seem to be alot of issues with the different cultures in the town but we were pleased to get to the Motel which was a little oasis. Our room was huge and cost us the same as the some of the hostels we've stayed at so we dumped our bags an...

After such a hectic few days (it's hard work this travelling lark!) we set off from Hervey Bay and decided to break up the journey back to Brisbane and had a night in Noosa. It's a fab place, great beach and even better shops and restaurants, it's a bit like Marbella in Oz! We arrived at lunchtime and checked into our hostel and then wandered down to the beach to watch the surfers. We had a walk round town and nearly spent all our savings on a picture by Peter Li...