Everyone I had spoke to before arriving in Brisbane did not have a good word to say about it. Whether they stayed too long, not long enough or were comparing it to Sydney and Melbourne, the criticism I felt was totally unfair. I really enjoyed my time in ‘Brissie’ and it was nice to be in a city for a change rather than a coastal town. During my week in Queensland’s capital I was kept busy. Whether relaxing on Street’s Beach on South Bank, where I saw a g...

I visited Mooloolaba purely to waste some time. I needed to be in Brisbane the weekend of the 27th to meet Matty and didn’t want to spend too long there. Absolutely nothing happened in Mooloolaba. I spent two days sitting on the beach. Things (possible) worth mentioning are that I had a room to myself on the first night for the first time since Hong Kong and the second night I watched South Park on some guy’s laptop. I didn’t even take any photos. In fact t...

I ended up staying in Noosa for 6 nights in total, partly because it was a really nice area and also because friends from Fraser Island were there. Noosa is a beach resort located just over 100km north of Brisbane. It is divided into various areas such as Noosa Junction, Noosaville and Noosa Heads. The Noosa River meanders inland towards the sea cutting up the terrain and creating various islands on the way. On these islands live Queensland’s wealthy in their r...

Along with the Whitsundays, Fraser Island is the ‘thing to do’ on Australia’s East Coast so the good times were set to continue. Called K-Gari by aborigines, which translates to Paradise, Fraser Island is a World Heritage listed, 120 km sand bar off the coast of Hervey Bay. To see the island a group of 8-10 people jump into a 4x4, fill an esky with food and another with alcohol, load all the camping equipment and explore the world’s largest sand island fo...

So it was on the Whitsunday coast that I discovered the true meaning of Queensland’s ‘Wet Season’! Rain was there to greet me when I stepped off the Greyhound bus at Airlie Beach and it sent me packing a few days later. It wasn’t all about the wet weather though as you will soon find out. Airlie Beach is the gate-way to the Whitsunday Islands and after meeting up with Stuart and Rose, who I met on Maggie, we grabbed some goon and boarded our maxi sailin...