Surfers Paradise......so much for that, no one was allowed in the sea because of the tremendous waves! The apartment owner almost wept with relief to see to "mature" travellers, after going through the hell which is "Schoolies Week". Lots of high-rises, all trying to out do each other in the race to heaven, it must be fab to see what the people in Business class eat! Anyhow, seeking cultural enlightenment, we decided to join the masses and g...

We decided to do the cultural experience on day 1 and visited 3 museums learning a lot about Brisbane recent history and about Australia as a whole. Day 2 saw us visit The Lone Pine Koala Sancuary. It is a 35min bus ride out of town and is the largest Koala sanctuary in the world. I was really looking forward to seeing the Tasmanian Devil as it was one of the few native animals that we had not already seen. Much to my disappointmnet he was not on display that day...

Noosa Heads was lovely, we did absolutely nothing except relax, shame we only had 2 days here. Anyway off to the big smoke next (Brisbane) thank god the cricket has finished.

Most people go to Hervey Bay as the start off point for a 4wd trip to Fraser Island, we were no different. Our trip did not go until Saturday so we had a few days to watch the cricket before we set off - I wish I hadn't bothered !!! Anyway back to the important stuff the cricket ....... er no Fraser Island. It is the largest sand Island in the world measuring 125km by 15km and the only way to get around in by 4x4. Jo didn't trust my driving so we were on ...

As we left Rockhampton we crossed the Tropic of Capricorn, which means we are no longer in the tropics so the weather should cool down slightly. Strangely enough the weather seems to be getting weird, only last week it snowed in Melbourne and today it is 37 degrees. Anyway we arrived in Bundaberg which is where they make the famous Aussie Rum (I don't think they export to the UK) we did a tour of the factory which was quite interesting (even for a self confes...