From Sydney we flew to Melbourne which was only a 1 hour flight which was great! When we finally got to the city centre we went straight to Mc Donald's for some Sunday breakfast then started on a massive trek with our heavy backpacks to try and find the hostel! After walking uphill down the wrong street I finally gave up and Ady thankfully carried both backpacks back down hill! We finally found the hostel and got checked in then went to find everyone. We met Ryan...

We arrived back to Sydney early in the morning and to the cold and windy weather! We were freezing after being in such high humidity in Cairns! Me, Ady and Ryan decided to book in to a hostel in a place called Colloway which is in the Northern Beaches of Sydney. We didn't quite realise however how far it was from the centre. It took us an hour on the bus to get there! The hostel was a YHA Hostel and was ok but there was nothing there at all apart from a nice beac...

Mission beach is about 4 hours away from Airlie beach. We decided to stop there for a few nights to break up the travelling to Cairns. We stayed at a hostel called Scotties which was quite nice with a pool and on the beach but again we couldn't go into the sea because of the stingers! We spent the first day messing about in the pool and playing gladiator with the spaghetti tubes across a log over the pool! That night we went to the bar where it was ladies night w...

After Hervey Bay we had another 13 hour coach trip ahead of us which we were not particularly looking forward too! After another bad night's sleep we arrived in Airlie Beach which is where the Whitsunday Islands and Great Barrier Reef starts. I arrived covered in bites which we think may have come from the coach and may have been bed bugs! We were staying at a place called Magnums which was not too bad and had lots of rooms through a rainforesty area. We had an 8...

The journey from Noosa to Hervey bay was only 2 hours away so wasn't bad at all. Hervey bay is basically the gateway town to Fraser Island which is a must do for all backpackers and is the biggest sand island in the world. Our tour was already pre booked with A1 Fraser Roving so we got picked up from the bus depot by the hostel that organises the tours. It turned out that our hostel was a old hospital which at first was a little unsettling especially as you can d...