Campervan Trip 5 Airlie Beach Moved off early and decided that we would stop off midway at 'Mackay'. Got on the road and ended up following the same vehicle for at least 150k during which we only overtook 5 other vehicles (Rush hour in OZ!). Along the way we passed sugar cane fields extended on both sides of the road for at least 50k and found out later that sugar cane is big business in this area of Queenstown. The fields stretch as far as 400km and there is e...

Campervan Trip 4 Rockhampton Now travelling towards the Great Barrier Reef on the east coast and decided to split the journey midway with a stopover in Rockhampton. On the way we visited a little coastal town called Tannum and its sister village Boyne Island. Bit undecided about a swim before a late brunch but minds made up when we saw the signs warning of; Strong Currents, Submerged Objects, Stingers and Crocodiles!. It looked lovely but agreed to keep our dist...

Campervan Trip 3 'Hervey Bay' (Sunshine Coast) On our way but Tom really needed a haircut (either that or start sporting a ponytail) so visited the local barbers and a guy from Dublin cut his hair, returned with a distinct tan tide mark! Easy journey to Hervey (pronounced Harvey) bay which is known as the gateway to Fraser Island so stopped at the Info centre on route to book our trip to the Island for the following day with pickup at 7.25am! Noticed along the...

Campervan Trip 2 'Noosa' (Sunshine Coast) Brilliant wakeup call with another early morning swim in the ocean and still managed to be on our way to Noosa by 8am. The first leg of the journey took us along the motorway (M1) and back past Brisbane with Sue sitting at her 'desk' in the back, tidying up and adding to my blog posts (and yes Dad I am marking any mistakes in red ha ha)! Came off the main drag to get back to the coast road at Mooloolaba (great names eh)...

Brisbane Arrived in Brisbane having gained an hour and it being a subtropical region we had 31 degrees with glorious sunshine. Unfortunately the hotel room wasn't as glorious but with Tom's dogged persistence we ended up with an amazing 2 bedroomed apartment looking over the river! The hotel is situated on the city rivers south bank which is home to a number of lively bars and Australia's only man made city beach! There are some fabulous walk ways and cycle tra...