Finally arrived at Brisbane Airport around 7am on Thursday morning but had to hang around there until 9.30am as one of the other flights was delayed. Once everyone arrived we got transfered to a hostel in the West End of Brisbane. There's 9 of us on the Outbackpackers course and everyone is fab! With 8 of us in one room we all got to know each other very quickly!! Desperate for a shower, we were told that we only had 10 minutes before we were to be taken into town to sort out our visa, medicare cards etc...GUTTED!! In the afternoon, however, we all jumped in to the pool at the hostel and started working on our tans...bliss!! The evening was spent having a few bevs and getting to know some of the other people who
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