We arrived in Brisbane with cloudy skies and walked to the hostel which ended up being the hostel stu stayed in last time he was in Brisbane. We booked our day trip to Australia zoo then went for a wonder around the city towards the south bank. Wandering along the Southbank you could see some of flood damage, there used to be a few man made beaches but only one was open after the floods. we walked back through the botanical gardens and headed to the down unde...

Ok so my first impression of Surfers Paradise probably set my mind frame for the rest of our time here. The weather wasn't very good at all, we had rain, wind then the sun would pop out for a second, rain, rain, cold temperatures, grey clouds and that was the pattern of weather for the entire time we were in Surfers. Anyways I shall stop my moaning about the weather. We did however get picked up from the bus terminal in a limo which was rather cool. the hos...

We arrived at 7.00am from our 7hr greyhound from Port Macquarie feeling a little in need of breakfast and a good cuppa! some how luggage in tow we found a lovely café called Why Not where we got our fix before heading tour beach house-the only accommodation we could find as there was a blues festival going on. The beach house was awesome; it was something you would go to for a honey moon not as a backpacker haha! We even had our own little balcony and pool a...

So up we got stupidly early on Saturday 23rd April to catch the 7 hr greyhound up to Port Macquarie. We got collected from the bus stop and headed to our rather odd Hostel....think 18-30 holiday resort but on a very very low budget-we had Quantas blankets as our doona!! That's how cheap it was!! Anyways off we went for a wander around town which was very quaint and beachy. We headed to the beach for a paddle then onto the pub on the beach for a schooner just a...

So we finally have a few days off together from work woooooo!! We picked up our little red Hyundai Getz and set off for the Blue Mountains in high spirits. Stu LOVED this little car as it was I quote "like driving a go cart", as you can imagine this filled me with hope of returning safely through the CBD of Sydney...Not! But anyways we made it safely out of the CBD and along Parramatta Rd, quite possibly the busiest roads in Sydney. The scenery was just brea...