Saying farewell to Adam and his idyllic lifestyle, we headed up to Noosa for our first ever swim in the Pacific Ocean. Before we got there we saw giant pictures of Steve Irwin, still promoting Australia Zoo. Crikey. Noosa was beautiful, tropical forestry overlooking white fine (very important, one doesn't want large grained) sandy beaches and tu...

Arrived Hervey Bay - gateway to Fraser Island - at 5.50am, and after a few hours catching some more shut eye in my horrible hot and un-air conditioned dorm room, spent the day wandering around, and strolling on the beach. Tomorrow...the 4WD trip to Fraser Island! (fingers crossed for a good group!!)

We spent the morning in Brisbane just getting caught up on things and being a bit lazy. At 2 PM, we checked out and hit the road en route now to Hervey Bay (locals pronounce it "Harvey" Bay). We followed the Bruce Highway along the fairly flat, dry country-side through the Glass House Mountains area. This land reminded us of sunburned South Aust...

We stayed at Hervey Bay for three nights. Initially it was a bit of a shock coming from so many quiet stops into a big touristy area with all the chain stores that go along with it. It was a bit suburban. But once you got to the main esplanade it was a lot less built up.The highlight of our stay was the whale watching tour. We went on a day when...

So Pearl and I learned something important today. Don't go to Gympie on a Saturday. We had decided to stop in Gympie on our way up to Airlie Beach from Brisbane. Break up our incredibly long bus ride and see the town of Gympie (which was chosen because the buses were convenient, the name sounded funny and they had a museum which sounded interest...

Thurs 16th Feb A very interesting start to the day we checked out of Room 207 to check into Room 201 a double ensuite with tv, fridge and private balcony. We moved all our stuff across got to the room and found that the wooden floor still looked dirty so I asked one of the cleaners to come and sweep it again if she didnt mind which is when the t...

For those of you familiar with the saga it is sufficient to say that my dive log has finally caught up with me, its taken aboput 15,000 miles and three countries but we are finally back as one!!

Spent a fab 3 days at Fraser Island one of the most gorgeous places on the planet

We arrived at Hervey Bay on Tuesday 5th April at around 3pm. We only had a few hours before our briefing at 6pm so we wandered around to the shops and then to the beach. Hervey Bay is a lot bigger than Rainbow Beach and the beach is a lot calmer. (Rainbow Beach is the last place in Queensland where you can surf, if you are travelling Northwards)...

We had yet another long day on the road today, but such is the nature of getting anywhere in Australia. We passed lots of sugar cane fields and dead kangaroos along the way. We eventually got to Hervey Bay where we stopped for the night. We had dinner at a place called Blazing Saddles Bar and Grill. It was a lot of fun there and the food was gre...