Surfers Paradise (30th- 2nd Feb) First impressions: awesome, clean and lively. The surrounding buildings all looked remarkably new and the area was very tourists, but in a good way! Crazy golf, bars, trampolines a plenty! Sitting on the beach and looking over the skyline of the city was incredible. One arrival we walked down the main street and watched an hilariously and crude street act. He had a massive crowd and he deserved it, great entertainer. The main ev...

Brisbane 'a city which still has a town feel to it' (Kieran, Oz Project). This was the first major city in Australia that we came across on our travels down the east coast. Brisbane is the 3rd biggest city in the country, attracting many backpackers to the area with its many shops and vibrant nightlife. On arrival we managed to stumble upon a great parking space within the city next to a backpacker's hostel. That was our base for the next three days, while we enj...

We set off to Rockhampton looking for more adventure in our campervan and we found it sooner than anticipated. Just coming into Rockhampton we saw a car broken down at the side of the road. we felt a little reluctant to help but considered what it would be like if that happened to us. A couple of german guys had run out of petrol about 20km away from Rockhampton so we took one of them (we didn't catch his name) to the nearest petrol station. It turns out he was j...

Cairns - Whitsunday Islands On the 17th Jan the purchase of our camper van filled us all with an awesome sense of adventure. For the next few weeks we are in control of where we go, what we do and how we do it as we transcend down the beautiful east coast of Australia. As we were already were aware Australia is a backpacker's paradise and therefore the journey down or up the coast is a very common travel route! There are hostels aplenty and a strong campervan c...

Cairns! Our 1st port of call Great backpackers ambience, surrounded by like minded travellers hitting Australia for sunshine, extreme sports, beaches, kangaroo's and nightlife. 1st thoughts are that the country is full of chilled out people who love their beer and wild antics. There are so many different creaters here, according to good old travel writer and fact man 'Bill Bryson'; 80% of the all that lives in Australia, plant and animal, exist nowhere ...