Surfers Paradise - 15th - 18th September We really enjoyed Surfers Paradise it was great fun. It was only an hour and a half from Brisbane so once we checked into Hostel we headed straight to the beach to see our first proper glimpse of a beach for a while. We spent the afternoon on the beach and then headed back to get ready for the, "Backpackers Big Night Out" bar crawl. We paid approx 10 pounds for free punch at our hostel for an hour, then free ...

Brisbane - 11th - 14th September We spent the whole of the 11th on the bus to Brisbane. The following day we walked around the city centre, our 1st city since arriving in Oz and then went down to the botanical gardens and walked along the river front. We also met up with Louise who we met in Cairns, she was i nBrissy for a few days visiting her boyfriend and was also staying at Tin Billy's hostel. On the 13th (Dom's Bday - happy bday Dom - i did originally ...

7th - 10th September - Rainbow Beach and Fraser Island, Oz It was another early Greyhound on the 7th to get to Rainbow Beach ready for our trip to Fraser Island the next day. Steve and Agnes were with us to as they were also booked on Fraser for the same dates as us. I was slowly starting to dread our trip to Fraser as the weather was still awful and we had heard a lot of horror stories from people who had been stranded there during thecyclone the previous w...

4th - 6th september - Agnes Waters and Town of 1770 Our next stop was to a lovely little town called 1770 and Agnes Waters. We had heard alot about this place from others so we wer keen to see what it had to offer. We got shown around Agnes Waters and 1770 on a free orientation tour by a South African man that owns and runs the Scooteroos tour. We had heard lots of good things about that tour too so that was on our to do list. The Town of 1770 was so nam...

Rockhampton - 2nd - 3rd September Hi everyone, im sorry about the lack of photos and blogs lately, just not had a minute, please bear with me as feeling slightly hungover aftre a big night in byron bay, god im do behind with this journal!! here we go... Rockhampton wasn't really on our agenda but Simon couldn't face another night bus to our next destination so we settled in 'Rocky' as a quick stop gap. We stayed in a place called Ascot Hotel, it was a strange...