How time flies. It’s a year since we properly started planning our trip and here we are reaching our half way point. It brings mixed emotions. We’ve completely fallen for this travelling malarkey and in our little land of make-believe we’d keep on going for as long as there are still new places to discover. Alas, we know this dream will come to an end (on this trip, at least) eventually, but as long as the next half is anywhere near as amazing as the first ...

As the saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining, and today ours came in form of a washing machine and indoor bathroom. We woke up this morning sad that it was our last day with Johno but so looking forward to doing some laundry and using a proper indoor bathroom for the first time in a while (we won't admit how long it's been exactly…!). We needed to drop the van off in Brisbane where we'd stay a few nights but thought we'd head to the nearby Glass House Mo...

Happy to have survived the night, and even happier with our morning view across a harbour full of fancy boats, we were feeling pretty pleased with ourselves when we woke up. We had little time to enjoy the moment though as there were a few hours of driving ahead of us in order to make it to the famous Australia Zoo - just north of Brisbane. After a quick pit stop in McDonalds to freshen up (classy) we made some packed lunches (hot crossed buns) and sped up the...

Parked just meters from the shore, we waited for the rain to pass this morning before heading into the rather impressive mall in the centre of town to shop for some supplies. It's Good Friday tomorrow, so we can't miss out on those hot crossed buns, can we!? The town is full of huge skyscrapers, right slap bang on the main strip of beach which is called 'Surfer's Paradise'. Not a bad place to shop! Once we'd stocked up it was time to get on the beach and surf. M...

After a great night out experiencing what the nightlife of Byron Bay had to offer, it was a pleasant drive along the Pacific Highway this morning. That was until the single lane traffic turned -for the first time this trip - into multiple lanes of heavy traffic as we arrived at Gold Coast. It was a bit much for our jaded designated driver, Bret, after a week of practically having the road to ourselves! As he adjusted to the change in pace, we remembered the Germ...