And now i have reached the top......of Queensland that is! After the Whitsundays i sadly had to say goodbye to my two buddies Joe and Phil, who'd i'd been with for 6 weeks or so, and also the two girls who i'd been with for a total of four weeks! I was back on my own. But only 3 weeks to go til i returned home. Back on the Oz bus, we headed towards Cairns, with some stops off at Magnetic Island and Mission Beach. These places were both beautiful spots w...

Hello everybody, so here is another bit of lovely info on my trip up the east coast. After leaving old Brissie, we had a nice three consecutive days on the Oz bus. Obviuosly we did stuff inbetween though. Such as stopping off for didgeridoo experiences, and scooter-rooing, and lawn bowls of all things! The scooter-rooing was excellent. Basically, jump on a scooter, race around at 70kmph (45mph) on the roads and look for kangaroos! Certainly satisfied my car ...

Into Queensland we went...the sunshine state! Southern queensland is very much the most populated part and is mainly a collection of high rise towns and cities such as the Gold Coast. On the Oz bus though, we stopped at a little town called Nimbin, the drugs and hippie capital of Oz! I think i got offered weed about ten times in ten minutes! It was like stepping back in time to the sixties! We also went round a gorgeous national park in the rainforest and ch...