Fraser Island! Early start today - we got up at 6.30am to have free pancakes and then met our group at the jeep in the car park. It took a while to get ready to go, as we had to everything onto the roof rack, check we had everything, and most importantly learn how to drive the jeep! Then we were off! We drove to the barge crossing, and once on Fraser Island went to Eurong, which is one of about three townships on the island. Fraser is the world's biggest sand is...

"Stay Dingo Safe!" We left Noosa today in brilliant sunshine - typical! It was only a three hour journey to Rainbow Beach , our next stop, and when we got there we were met and taken to Dingos, our hostel. Most, if not all of the people here are going to Fraser Island with us tomorrow, so we were all checked in together and told to come back at 2pm for the introductory meeting. In between we did some washing and Daniela and I walked into town to get a ...

Crikey! Australia Zoo! We went to Australia Zoo today, owned by Steve Irwin's family, which is the best zoo ever! When we arrived we went to see the otters, and then there was a talk about the tortoises, who were huge! Zoos have never really made me think about conservation, but the keepers there genuinely care about it and really made us think about what they were saying. After the tortoises we queued up to feed 'the girls' - the three elephants that they have ...

An Australian Easter Sunday You would think that being in Australia would guarantee sunshine for Easter. Apparently not! It was nice when we got up and moved to our new hostel, Noosa Backpackers, because Halse Lodge is full for the next couple of nights. We left our stuff in our shared room and got the free shuttle bus back into Noosa. Angie even had a boogie board with her free from the hostel to use on the beach - it was that sunny! We had decided to look for ...

Easter eggs, and lots of salad! Yesterday we felt so awful that we stayed in the hostel for the day, and only surfaced at night to go to Nandos for dinner. We felt like those 'Slackpackers' we've read about (who go travelling only to experience alcohol and various hostels), and it wasn't a good feeling! Today we left Brisbane in the morning an travelled to Noosa, about three hours away. The Halse Lodge, where we stayed for the night, is right by the Greyhound st...