East Coast Oz

At the moment i'm heading up the east coast of Australia with a lovely Brazilian girl I met in Sydney named Fabiola. I'm ultimately going to Port Douglas but stopping at various places along the way. However due to the fact that I've only got 4 weeks in which to complete it i'm only spending a night or 2 in each place but am happy that i'm at least getting to see some of it!

Here's a wee round up of the places i've visited: Newcastle wasn't really anything special - nice enough, but pretty quiet; Port Macquarie was very pretty with some lovely beaches; Coffs Harbour was nice too, and home to the Big Banana - what more can I say, really?!; Byron Bay chose to rain most of the time we were there, as did Surfers Paradise (which depressingly resembles a bar chart when you see it as you approach from across the bay due to the number of high rise buildings right on the beach front); Brisbane was much nicer than I was expecting, so all good; Noosa was very chilled out and had a couple of beautiful beaches; Rainbow Beach was a nice enough one-horse town and i'm now back in Hervey Bay, having just spent 3 days driving around in a 4wd truck on Fraser Island, the world's biggest sand island that is said to contain more sand than the Kalahari Desert!

Phew! The past few weeks have been very busy and involved a fair amount of forward planning and decision-making, neither of which are really my forte as most of you will know, but i've had an absolutely amazing time and met some brilliant people and it's not over yet! Coming next i've got a 3 day sailing trip around the Whitsunday Islands which i'll update you on as soon as I get back!

P.S. I've tried 4 times now to add some pictures on to this post but it's just not working... Will have to consult with my technical wizard (aka Martin) and see what the deal is.