Dingo no show

(Mel) Well it's our last night in Australia before we fly out to New Zealand tomorrow morning. We've spent the afternoon and evening in Brisbane today since getting a coach here from Hervey bay this morning. Not alot of time to check it out but we had a look around the city centre which was pretty nice. Luckily for us we happened to be here on the night of the start of their 'River Festival'. The opening night consisted of lots and lots of fireworks and some cool fighter jet air displays, finishing with two of them zooming by with loads of fire out the back of them - pretty exciting. Also was loads of street markets and other stuff going on so a good evening out.

(Rich) Fraser island was pretty cool for lots of reasons, but it rained a lot whilst we were there, so I guess we didn't see it in quite its usual glory - more like Britain than we'd hoped. My highlight was driving a 4WD around pretty dodgy dirt (sand) tracks for 3 days, bouncing 10 people around in the back Dr Dre style. We met some great people and had a good laugh but didn't see that much wildlife, and most disappointingly no Dingoes. On getting to Lake Macknzie, one of the world's top 10 beaches apparently, I decided to swim across. A bit scary (no lifeguards) but worth it for the achievement. Next stop New Zealand...