We arrived late at night in Harvey Bay (on the main land next to Fraser Island) We had booked a three day package to explore Fraser Island in a 4 wheel drive vehicle with a group of fellow back packers. We were part of a larger group of approximatly 40 people and we were then split up into a smaller group of 10 with our own van that we were responsible for. Having all spent the night at the hostel on the main land we were wisked to have a very brief briefing with...

After Surfers Paradise we continued on our journey up the coast by coach over the state border into Queensland. We spent a couple of hours wondering around Brisbane taking a walk along the riverside and then we wondered around the shops and back across the park outside the city hall although we wern't there for very long fellow back packers gave reports that their wasn't much to do exept drink in Brisbane and unfortunatly we didn't have time to find out for ourse...