Thankfully this overnight bus was rather less eventful than the last and I managed to sleep across my two seats in short bursts throughout the night. As I awoke and brushed the sleep from my eyes I pulled back the curtain and was greeted by 6 or 7 kangaroos in the field outside, not a bad way to wake up!I had a few hours to pass before my parent's flight landed so I had some breakfast looking out over the lagoon and made the most of the fact that it wasn'...

After our Whitsundays experience my parents were glad to be back on solid land and had arranged for a day of luxury on Hamilton island before flying up to Cairns the following day. Me, well no such luck, flying - I don't think so - it was another overnight bus for me! But I did go over and spend the day with them on Hamilton island so I could at least pretend I knew what luxury was!We took the ferry over and got our customary daily wetting as we dashed for th...

So my first overnight bus experience was definitely one to forget...I felt really ill all the way, the bus was crammed full so no space for any of your stuff and you had to attempt to get some sleep sitting straight up in your seat...add to that the fact that our driver was new the bus driving game so he got lost several times meaning we were late every step of the way...but the final comical moment (and you have to laugh otherwise you'd be suicidal at 3am!!!...

I decided to return to Noosa as I'd enjoyed my time here so much last time I visited three years ago. This time the weather was a bit different though, not so much sun as rain..! The hostel here had a somewhat cheesy, but actually quite good idea, of a 'meet and greet' type session on the first evening. The real tempter was a free glass of wine while you got to say hi to a few people and find out what there was to keep you occupied over the next few ...

I'd planned to visit Surfers Paradise on my way up the coast but after hearing mixed reports I changed my plans and instead headed for Brisbane. Although the city itself has no great redeeming features I wanted to visit Moreton Island for the day so that meant staying in Brisbane for two nights.I arrived midday on a sunday so took the opportunity to walk along the river and browse through the markets on the south bank. I then walked over the river through the...