We're finally on our way through the East Coast. I'm travelling with two others; Joseph (from McGill) and Aftab, a friend from class. The tropical humidity hits you like a wave as soon as you walk off the plane on to the tarmac in Brisbane. The fiight took about two hours, which seemed really short compared to the last flight I had taken!
Once out of the airport, we took a short taxi ride to downtown CBD and our first hostel, Base Brisbane. The hostel is on top of a bnnch of busy bars/pubs. Most rooms have about 6 bunk beds, which means that guests sleep amongst other travellers and backpackers. Everyone shares the bathrooms and common kitchen. I'll admit that sharing a room with random people takes some getting used to, but you meet plenty of people along the way, especially from Europe.
Yesterday consisted mostly of travel on the Oz Experience bus, which is a flexible hop on / hop off transport with a hilarious and ever-helpful driver and tour guide. It's a shame our itinerary is a little rushed... We would have loved to stay in Brisbane to explore some more. We stopped at the Glasshouse Mountains, a nice lookout of huge mountains. We also stopped at Noosa, a wealthy tropical town with a gorgeous beach and palm trees everywhere. We stayed over night at Dingo's hostel at Rainbow Beach, where we enjoyed a delicious chicken parmiagiana dinner, a moonlit stroll on the beach, and relaxing at the bar with pool, ping pong, and Wii.
We're now at the Palace Hostel in Hervey Bay, ready for our major stop: Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island, with 99.9% white silica. Should be awesome!
Internet is hard to come by, I'm now writing this on my Palm. I'll try to post every few days if I can!
Cheers,
Sean
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