I have a tip for you all from surf school - if you ever need some extra help just say to the Aussie Surf Instructor 'excuse me sweetie pie what was your name again?'! I accidently said that to him and ended up with 30 minutes extra help! So surf school: well it was a bit of an adventure really. Not at all like it was in the brochure. We got picked up and immediately went to a bottle shop to buy some beers for the journey (!!) and then by the time we got there we...

As I sit here and write using my last 17 mins of credit i am suddenly very aware that my little friendship group has dispanded and we are all now going our seperate ways, after arranging a caravan holiday in the UK and either a New Zealand trip next year or a tour of the European cities! After saying goodbye to Laure we went for a night out in Darling Harbour. It was lovely down there and I managed to meet up with an old school friend that I havent seen since si...

When we left Surfers paradise we travelled on to Byron Bay, but as we were travelling went for a 'Rainforest walk', Michelle again was not feeling at one with nature and I do have to agree, I prefer my nature in a pot which has been sterlised and researched so I can put it on my face. (Im sure I will love all the camping in the later part of my tour....I have heard you need a fly net - attractive!) So on this walk we saw a natural cave and bridge, now again its n...

Following on from Fraser Island we travelled to Brisbaine where we had a few hours to mooch around. I was very pleased to get a loyalty card for the chain of boost bars (they do the fresh juices and smoothies that I just love!) and Kate took us for a quick walking tour of Brisbaine before we went to the plastic fantastic the Gold Coast! The Gold Coast. Surfers Paradise. Kelly's Paradise. Its a haven - I loved it! We got there and went for a night out to Waxys wh...

SO for those eagal eyed among you, you would note two things, firstly the last blog refered to a Friday night out when it was actually Thursday and I have not wrote in a while, why? BECAUSE IM HAVING TOO MUCH FUN!! So back to Rockhampton and the bull, well I hated it with a passion! We had a whole lecture on the bus about how the bulls are bred to do that and la di dar, but my issue was with the humans! Humans aren't bred to do that! And there were kids, some as...