I arrived in Airlie Beach at 7am. Mark was with me. We went to the Base hostel to drop our bags off as we couldnt check in until 2pm. Mark was hungry so we went to McDonalds for breakfast. There he had his first hashbrown, he had never heard of them before. After that it was still only 8am and none of the shops were open so we walked along the beach front along the board walk until we came to the Marina. This looked like the place we would catch our boats from th...

After watching a film on the bus we arrived in 1770 about tea time. We checked into our room and thennwent to find the bottle shop and pub. There was me, Mark, Adam, Tom and Steve. We bought a bottle of peach vodka between us, some sprite and a bucket of shots just before the shop shut. We then went to the pub and hid the alcohol in a bush outside. We only had one drink there as it was quite expensive. We went back to the bush to get our alcohol and im pleased to...

Adam not having made any plans of his own yet also booked onto the same Fraser Island trip as me. We checked out of Noosa and left on the 9:30am bus. We were unlucky to get a bit of a grumpy driver. Sometimes power goes to peoples heads and it had gone to his. We arrived in Rainbow beach at lunch time. The hostel was just across the road from the bus stop. Our room had a balcony and its own bathroom. We were sharing with an irish couple and two Sweedish girls. W...

I got the greyhound bus to Noosa which Howard was also on so I sat talking to him. I arrived there before Adam did, even though he set off before me. When he got there I introduced him to Howard and we waited for the shuttle bus to come. The bus arrived and we got in. There were 14 of us altogether. First of all we went the supermarket to buy food for 3 days and alcohol. We bought a big meat pack to share and a bag of chips. We had 4 bottles of Adams wine left so...

So having met an Australian in New Zealand that recommended Mooloolaba I was giving it a visit for one night as most other backpackers hadnt heard of it. Heading north of Brisbane I was leaving the Gold Coast behind and entering the Sunshine Coast. Oh My God, they are right. I stepped off the bus and it was like a heat wave, so hot! The bus stop was opposite the backpackers so all I had to do was cross over the road and wait to be checked in. The couple infront o...