The guys in the room kept Rachael up for a good few hours talking on their beds with no regard for anybody else trying to sleep in the room, fortunately we weren't staying there any longer.Again we were on the bus for the trip to Surfers Paradise (what a stupid name for a town, only Australia!). We'd booked in the cheapest place we could find but it was actually OK."Surfers" was like Blackpool in the sun, over developed, tacky and full of fast food and ...

To save almost £5 each tonight we moved into a different hostel just down the road. Unfortunately having spent less also meant the place was a tip. As we dropped our stuff off they couldn't give us any bedding and Tom managed to step on a mouse trap, thankfully unarmed, the less time spent here the better.We went for the bus and followed Richards instructions, the only problem being the driver didn't know where the cricket field was. It was being played on a sma...

As we hadn't been in the sea we went for a quick dip before having a shower and were looking forward to be able to use a stove in the hostel. The return journey on the bus, boat and trains was flawless and probably got us back to our original hostel under two hours.There was nothing planned for today other than sort out a few things using the free internet as we were hanging around for a West Indies vs Queensland cricket match tomorrow in preparation for a test s...

Today we were going on a mini adventure! There is an island a couple of hours away from Brisbane where we can hopefully camp, so after some breakfast we checked out of the hostel and went to the train station for the first part of the journey. We were on the train for about an hour, then we arrived in Cleveland. We went straight to Tourist Information to find out if there was anything to do on the island, the answer was not really but at least we'd get to see som...

We were up bright and early this morning and made the most of it by heading out to see a few of the sights before it got too hot! As it was Sunday, we thought there may be some markets on so we headed down to the riverside hoping to maybe pick up some bargains. The markets were there but there were no bargains to be had, it was full of expensive handmade, trinkets and jewellery. We wandered around for a while and then walked to City Hall. The first floor of the h...