We drove straight through Brisbane, having spent way too much time at the place already it was the last place we wanted to see again!! And the feeling of crossing into New South Wales was quite refreshing, not sure whether I speak for Steve but I was tired of Queensland and that same road which we'd driven 3 times now. We were going to stop at Byron Bay for a few days. Typically known as a hippy town which it lived up to with dreadlocked people wandering around ...

We had been to Hervey Bay before last year but wanted to come back and have a look around as we didn't before. This is the place to come if you are going to Fraser Island. We had toyed with the idea of going across but had heard mixed reviews about it, majority being that if you're in a big group, have your own 4x4 it's great but otherwise it's expensive for what's it's worth (going to an island with sand dunes and a lake)so with money on our mind(as usual) we ...

On the way to Agnes Water we stopped at Bundaberg for the one and only reason to take the rum distillery tour. 97% of Bundaberg rum is sold in Australia with the other 3% for the rest of the world so there is very little chance to try this anywhere else but I'm sure there is a bar in London that sells it for extortionate amounts, over here though it's premixed in cans for not a lot at all. The tour was really good, we got to see the huge warehouse of molasses, w...

We had previously been to Townsville and stayed there for a few days last year when we came over from the West coast. There is a really great animal sanctuary there called Billabong I have added the photos from over a year ago but better late than never! There's nothing particularly special about Townsville really it's just one of the largest cities on the North Queensland coast. So today we headed for Airlie beach, the gateway to the Whitsunday Islands. Upon a...

We slept well and didn't come under attack from any Cassowaries. Our plan today was to get to Mission Beach and stay there a few days it was a fair distance so we set off early. On the way we stopped at Port Douglas which looked really nice, very touristic and another place to board a boat for the barrier reef. The weather had perked up considerably which lifted the spirits once again the sea looked gorgeous and so inviting but you can't swim unless you either h...