Monday 5th August Having arrived safely at Dayboro yesterday for our Workaway stint we were ready to be employed today in some hard labour. We were relieved to hear Susie wanted us to help with some decorating on one of the Queenslander houses they are renovating, rather than attempting to tame the garden behind the house at Dayboro, which in places had started to resemble virgin rain forest. Of course painting requires old clothes and we had come equipped to ...

Sunday 4th August Kangaroos for breakfast Today we left our backpackers hostel at Caloundra for Dayboro (our workaway placement). We had a lovely drive there over the Glasshouse Mountains- getting the opportunity to have breakfast at the Lookout cafe. Whilst we were eating we spotted a Wallaby hopping about in the field below- with a little joey peeking out of the pouch. Difficult to get good pics due to the distance , but photo evidence just the same. We drove...

When we last posted we were on our way up the Gold coast from Sydney towards Brisbane- having made our last stop at Yamba following a marathon drive of about 7 hours - well done john. :) We moved off from Yamba having had a leisurely breakfast and a short stroll along the beach tops, expecting a drive of about three and a half hours according to google to reach our Workaway destination at Dayboro- just north of brisbane. we made good time and arrived around three...