The next proposed stop, south of Hervey Bay was Noosa, a funky surfing town full of the rich and beautful, so we'd fit right in there! Sadly though, this was not to be, yes that old chestnut again - school holidays, meaning that all of the campsites were jam packed with no space for us. The lads, keen to sleep in a bed as well as hone their surfing skills opted to stay and check into a hostel, whereas we 3 cheapskates, as well as Jacks and Iain, kept on trucking to the next free rest stop. Australia Zoo, home of Steve Irwin was always somewhere we'd planned to visit, and in light of his untimely death, there was no way we were going to miss the opportunity to go along and pay our respects to
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