Day Twenty Six - August 1st, 2013 Town of Seventeen Seventy Had a little sleep in until 8.45, and pottered about making some jam on toast for brekie. We hadn't skyped Elly's mum Loraine (hi mummy B - we know you're reading!) since she had left Manly, so spent a good half an hour catching up, despite it being 1am UK time! We had seen some walking tracks up the hill from the campsite, and got ready for a serious hike. Five bottles of water filled, and sufficient...

The ocean woke me around 4.15 this morning. It was so loud that I'd been dreaming someone was rustling aluminium foil by my ear! To top being woken up, someone's radio alarm started going off around 4.30, and I couldn't get back to sleep! Caravan parks are strange places. We packed up the tent and had some breakfast (tomatoes on toast for me - grilled on the hot plate), and we were off! We stopped off at the Bob Jane to pick up our tyre (which had Elliot's name ...

Day Twenty Four - July 30th, 2013 Hervey Bay Elly woke early to Skype with his family (who probably think I'm the laziest person alive due to the fact that I'm never awake at the ungodly hours necessary to communicate with the UK). I had the best sleep I've had the whole trip, and enjoyed a leisurely breakfast. We decided to explore the bay by car, and drove down to the port. We had a look at the boats, and discussed our options for Fraser Island. We've come to...

Day Twenty Three - July 29th, 2013 Noosa to Hervey Bay It was with heavy hearts that we packed up our tent and said goodbye to our friends in Noosa, but it was time to move on, and we hit the road to the Fraser Coast and Hervey Bay. We took the Bruce Highway, which at times made me feel a little uncomfortable as it was only one lane, and we had large lorries coming up behind us, but Elly remained calm and we drove through the rain and the low pressure (giving ...

Day twenty two - July 28th, 2013 Australia Zoo I apologise for the sheer volume of photos, but I felt the need to document every second of this day; that's how good it was. Elly's alarm went off at 5.40am to go for an unreasonably early surf with Ben. I managed to fall back asleep but was up again at 7.30 to prepare for the zoo. We left the campsite around 8.20, and had a little breakfast in the car of vegemite sandwiches and bananas. We made good time, and a...