Neither of us slept last night until at least midnight, we were shattered this morning. I could barely open one eye at 9am. Our healthy breakfast from the supermarket shop yesterday and very slowly got ready with one eye open to go up to the treaty grounds on the free bikes from the hostel. We managed to dodge the rain on the bike across the sea front, it was actually a little warmer today thankfully. Ellie just about managed to keep her balance on the bike, w...

5.15am wake up call this morning, we did not want to get out of these super beds. As soon as you pull back that big fluffy duvet the cold hits you, exactly like being at home winter time. Ash was going to work at 6am so he dropped us off in the city on the way which was handy! We were a little early for the bus pick up so we went to McDonald’s for a warmth and a cup of coffee! I was bloody freezing, more so than Ellie. I haven’t climatized to this climate y...

Ellie’s alarm didnt go off at 8.30 but instead she turned it off in her sleep this morning and then punched me in the arm to wake me up from my blissfully deep sleep under that lovely big fluffy duvet at 9.20am. Ten minutes until breakfast was due to be served! Greeeeeat. I love wake up calls like that.... (she’s not in charge of the alarm tomorrow). Such a great night sleep last night, it was so bizzare going to sleep with not one sound in the background. ...

s*** flight with Virgin Australia, five and half hour flight with no entertainment and only one complimentary drink with our little meal and the chicken was awful. Big expectations met by disappointment... It was absolutely pissing it down in Brisbane, I mean it was bouncing off the floor! Landing was bad enough in it god knows what take off will be like! We had coffee sachets and a tea bag in our bag and found some hot water so a free cuppa for the early morn...