The next couple of days were to be a break from the beach as we headed to Brisbane. We had an early start but unfortunately the weather wasn't really on our side and it was a pretty grey and miserable morning. We arrived in Brisbane around lunch time and as it wasn't really a day to be outside exploring we decided to have a look round a shopping centre on the outskirts of the city and oh my goodness what a shopping centre it was. The place was massive and it wasn...

Another trip down memory lane this time further south to the town of Mooloolaba. When we had visited this town last time we unfortunately had 2 days of cloud and rain and so were hoping this time to see it in a better light. On arrival it was just as we remembered it, grey and rainy so we headed to an indoor shopping centre for a look around to escape the dismal weather. The trip to the centre paid off as we found a fantastic second hand book shop and managed to ...

The next destination was the funky seaside town of Noosa. When we had visited Australia a few years ago this was as far north as we came and we both loved this place and were keen to see if anything had changed. Noosa has the reputation as being the upper class holiday destination and with its multi million pound houses, boutique shops and fancy pants restaurants its easy to see the attraction. On arrival it was clear that very little had changed with the same re...

So the next stop on our Australian adventure was the seaside town of Hervey Bay which is the gateway to Fraser Island. Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world and in order to visit or tour the island you have to go armed with a 4WD vehicle to even get off the ferry at the other side! There are two ways to visit the first is with an organized tour company who take you over for anything from one day to a whole week. The alternative is to hire your own...

Our next major destination was Hervey Bay however that was a good 2 drives away so be broke up the driving with a couple of stopovers the first being the industrial town of Rockhampton. Barely worth a mention as it involved nothing more than a mind numbingly boring drive as Australia is not exactly what you would call a pretty country and with nothing more than field upon field of red dirt and the occasional highway hamburger to put you off stopping for lunch for...