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Travel Journal: Base’d In Brisbane

I’m in my last week of working for my keep in Base Brisbane Central and the move north is in sight. After handing out hundreds of CVs and filling out loads of online applications including

Travel Journal: Unexpected Illness and Brisbane Backtrack

Dealing with illness while travelling is never fun. Here’s what happened a when I got very ill in Rainbow Beach, Australia.

Travel Journal: The End of the Rainbow

Another horrendous night where I couldn’t actually breath so will be trying to find a doctor in Rainbow. Hate being ill in dorms.

Travel Journal: Noosa, Australia

Leaving Brisbane I caught my first Greyhound bus to Noosa and within minutes of getting on the bus I was in the middle of the usual backpacker banter and had bonded with several of the

Travel Journal: Goodbyes

Having spent our last night together in a West End hostel I take Andrew out to Brisbane Airport for his flight home. After lunch at the airport there is a very tearful goodbye, mainly on

Travel Journal: Lego Elephants and Sad Eyes

After our final day in Surfers we headed back to Brisbane for a day and night before Andrew went home. Since it was now March a few of the places that had closed for the

Travel Journal: Surfers Paradise

It rained lots. There’s no denying it. We went to the Sunshine Coast where it is sunny 350 days a year and it rained pretty much the whole week we were there. So much for

Travel Journal: Adelaide

So with Adelaide not where we wanted to be and the initial exploring not particularly inspiring, the remainder of our week in Adelaide only got worse. In the days to follow we didn’t really do

Travel Journal: Port Elliott to Adelaide

Our night in Port Elliot was nice even though we did not do or see very much. We managed to get a hostel in Adelaide and figured out where to return the car to. Sadly

Travel Journal: Our Road Trip Continues

The road to Robe was much sunnier than the previous days and according to Andrew a much better drive. Instead of horrible windy roads in cold wet weather we got nice straight roads that went