Emporium Hotel Brisbane

... we drove for three hours to a spot named Mackay and stopped there for the night, before waking early the next morning to begin our 10-hour drive to Hervey Bay. It was a long day, but luckily, the weather held out and we had a sunny drive. Although most of the east coast is gorgeous, this stretch was pretty desolate and dry…just a ton of sugar cane fields, big patches of gum trees, and a lot of unlucky kangaroos on the side of the road! That night we ...

... ein paar Stunden am Strand in Byron Bay geblieben wären. Das Einzige, was hier echt sehenswert ist, sind die Leute! Jede Menge Freaks hier auf den Straßen! Teilweise musste man lachen, teilweise nur den Kopf schütteln! Nachdem wir (bei ganz nebenbei strahlend blauem Himmel und 31 Grad) einmal quer durch die Innenstadt gelaufen waren (vom Shopping District bis zum Botanic Garden haben wir alles Wesentliche gesehen) und uns am Stadtstrand ...

... is nice and quiet, we have another en suite and decamped quickly. In fact we are so well drilled we don't even speak - we have it down to ten minutes from pulling up to completion!! Must say have mixed views about campers - without causing offense to millions and running the risk of having hate mail sent to us - they are a weird breed!! Hard core campers always arrive with flag, carpet for outside the door and at least three brooms, which they use ...

... we felt like being a little bit less adventurous and went and saw The Ugly Truth at the local theatre lol which was an awesome movie<br><br>so then last night the 4 of us left Byron for Brisbane and arrived just after 10pm - we got lost on the way to our hostel so we had to get a taxi - we then get to the hostel at 11:30pm, checkin and some guy comes down telling the manager the whole of floor 3 is flooded (which is our floor) and then the fire alarm goes off ...

... a hidden conduit system. Simplifies security check-in, too. Just take off the vest and send it through the x-ray scanner with all your gear safely inside.<br><br>Does this thing sweep floors, too? Cause it pretty much just solved all of my life's dilemmas.<br><br>5. (Picture a shoe with a sharp screw-encrusted board attached to it)<br>Aerating your lawn is as easy as taking a walk. Just strap these Aerator Sandals over your ...

... starts moving into the water from the other side of the river....the ferry! Our first stop was Port Stephens were we stayed in a lovely hostel out in the bush with wooden cabins and really friendly owners. They had a bird called Squeaky who would randomly land on your shoulder and a wallaby called Josephine who took a bit of a liking to me (see the photo!). Being apparently the best place to view dolphins, we went on a dolphin watching tour. It was a nice ...

... Not cool. We got a rental car today, Jesse's friend has to go back to work tomorrow so we are gonna try to find some dry weather somewhere. I am sure this entries sound a bit scatter brained but that is because I never really think about it too much until I get on the computer and I am always in a rush

... a series of low slung buildings and shops clustered in a small area. We hung out in a little shopping plaza that had outdoor seating and several small cafes and shops. We hit an Internet cafe on the walk home, and ended up having an early night packing and otherwise preparing for the long journey home. We'll get an overnight stay in Seoul, Korea - then it's back to the real world on Monday!

... heavier and the weather more humid, we realised that we were going to have to walk back up the very steep track again, so we turned around and climbed back, only to find that the look-out point was in fact about 50 metres away from the car park, in a different direction! We did however come across a huge moth, lying by the side of the track, which was longer than my hand (see pictures) and plenty of wild bush turkeys, and parakeet like birds which ...

... I guess I'm just biased because I love shopping. But the coolest shopping centre that I've seen so far is called Pacific Fair and it is in the Gold Coast, which is about an hour south of Brisbane. It is an open air collection of stores that weaves around and quite frankly reminds me of an amusement park, but for adults who like to shop! The middle part is outside and leads into more traditional mall-like shopping. I'm hoping to get more familiar with it next ...