Banana Land! So, we've done a fair amount since we last updated! We spent 4 weeks working on a banana farm in Innisfail which was a lot longer than expected, especially after the 1st few days when we thought we'd only last a week. Innisfail was a fairly uninspiring place, filled with working backpackers and crocodiles in the river. Luckily we got to work in the packing shed and managed to avoid paddock work which seemed impossible due to torrential down...

Onwards and UpwardsWe continued our journey up the East Coast with Niels, Cian, Anna and Julia, our next stop was Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast. We had been warned that it was very commercialed and built up but didn't really know what to expect. What we found was a major tourist centre, everything there was designed to help you spend as much money as possible. We stayed on a campsite across the road from Main Beach and it was the most bizzare campsite we...

East Coast Our experiences of NSW in a nutshell: beaches, drinking, sea, drinking, more beaches, more drinking. We've just had the most chilled and relaxed few weeks ever! Starting in Newcastle, we have slowly made our way up the coast to Queensland. We've visited Newcastle, Port MacQuarie, Coffs Harbour, Lennox Head and Byron Bay, spending between 2 nights to a full week in each place. In Port MacQuarie we stayed in an amazing hostel called PM Backpa...

The Heat!! We had heard that the climate in Melbourne is similar to England so we were hoping we'd have a chance to cool off after Canberra. Not a chance! We spent a week there and it was so hot the whole time, nothing like England whatsoever! We'd also heard a lot of good things about Melbourne, a lot of travellers prefer it to Sydney, and as we loved Sydney we were hopeful. We found Melbourne to be a very modern, multi-cultural city which was obviously...

On The Road We finally left Sydney feeling a little sad (we had an excellent time, thanks Aunty Susan, Amelia and Christopher!) but also excited about our Australian adventure. We took our first Greyhound bus to Canberra, expecting great things especially after some of those South American buses (Bolivia I mean you!) but actaully it was pretty bad. Craig nearly had to fold his legs in half there was so little room, but the driver was lovely and played a Norah Jo...