So at last my journal is upto date. So you are all now with me in Cairns where I am currently planning to stop for a few months and try and find a job. The first few days here we spent the time just looking around and we also went to the Zoo where we eventually saw some of the Australian willife including wombats, kangeroos, koalas, snakes and the crocs. Because of the bad weather we didn't get the chance to go to the barrier reef but I am planning to ...

There isn't a lot to say about Mission Beach. I think it would have been beautiful but it rained pretty much every day that we were there. We spent the whole time in the room which luckily was our best room yet, it was more like a motel that a hostel and so we just watched strange Australian television all day. When leaving Mission Beach you saw just how much Cyclone Larry has destroyed when it hit a few months ago. So many trees and rooftops were des...

We arrived in Hervey Bay after a very hot coach journey. Australia only ever seems to get really hot when you are faced with a coach journey. We arrived at our Koala resort ready for our briefing and were allocated a room with some of our group which meant there wasn't much chance of missing the wake up call at 5am. Our group consisted of Flore and Magaret a German Couple, Frodo, Betrina and Micheal, 3 more Germans and then Sandra and Bex, a german and engl...

Arriving in Noosa to a late bookin is not our favourite thing. We were faced with the Koala hostel which featured the regular crazy people. Noosa is a beautiful town with stunning beaches and lovely shops to laze your day away. Noosa doesn't really cater for the backpacker budget and there were so many tempting shops and resturants that we could only look at before heading back to the hostel for our budget meals. Because it was the school holidays whe...

After arriving in Brisbane from a heavy night before, we were hoping to find a nice hostel to have a cosy night in. However, a bit of problem arose with everyone being fully booked. We ended up in a Hostel called the Banana Benders which was quite interesting. It wasn't too bad and the staff were really friendly. The next day we did the usual shopping trip around the big city. Two of the girls from our room told us if we had a chance to go to the Wet ...