I'd arranged with the boys to be picked up just after 10. finding cover from the rain I sat on my bags to wait only to receive a message saying their battery was flat! an hour or so later it was fixed and we were on the road. We stoped at Josephine Falls on the way-the boys hadn't seen a waterfall in the whole time in Oz. useless! they were amazed by it! The journey to Brisbane is about 1700km and would take around 19hours. We planned to take the Bruce Highway a...

After what seemed like a lifetime of a bus journey next to the head banging, air drumming child I ended up sitting by all night I arrived in rainy Cairns. Very rainy Cairns! I got to Gilligans hostel at 7.30am but couldn't check in til 2 but thankfully Katie and Mike had arrived the day before so I put my bags in the luggage room and got in to bed with Katie for a few hours kip. After a quick walk round the block we found a nice restaurant for lunch and a pint...

My bus arrived late in to Airlie Beach so I only had 30 mins as opposed to an hour to get to my hostel, leave me bag and find Gloria's cafe, my meeting point, by 8am! I managed it though just in time, only to sit and wait for 3 other people on our boat who were rudely late and very unapologetic! I was happy however to discover lots of English people who'd be on the boat too, unlike Eurovision on Fraser Island! Miranda, a Dutch girl I'd met at Cool Bananas was w...

I arrived in Agnes Water in the evening and got picked up by the hostels van. The hostel, cool bananas, had a really nice homely atmosphere with sofas and beanbags and a good film selection. I'd booked into here for 5 nights as I wanted to be able to wake up when I was ready and not have to keep packing my bag and get somewhere! as I was shown to my room I had a massive waft of weed, if I wasn't high by the time I left here I'd be amazed! despite that the peopl...

On Thursday I flew from Sydney to Bribane with Tiger Airways. Mmmmm classy. the plane was rather grubby and the air hostesses particularly unattractive and blunt. can't complain though for an hour and a half flight with a very budget airline! By the time I got to my stop on the train from the airport it was late afternoon. I wondered down to my hostel then out again to the supermarket. On the millionth day of pasta and sauce teas I can confirm that the mushroom ...