Liesie

We arrived in Airlie and went straight to the same hostel as before, Beaches (mainly because they have a $6.50 meal deal that is to die for; Steak and chips + a beer or wine). We were given the luxury room. Now I know what you're all thinking, 'there's no such thing as a luxury hostel', but for a backpacker, this room was to drool over; Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a big shower, a couch, a fridge, and a television, (although the tv didn't actually work, it was more for show, but we didn't tell people that. By the end, I actually thought it quite rude of them to put a broken tv in our room, it was just teasing us). Anyway, all of this for just $20 a night. We were living like kings, and ... read more

We departed for Bowen early with the premier bus, arriving late in the evening. Us, being the Messy Crew, hadn't made any plans, just hoping there would be hostels and possible farm work available. We were wrong. We sat for about an hour in the bus station calling all the hostels in the small town but they were all full. We had chosen Bowen's busiest and apparently most exciting weekend; The Fishing Festival. We took a trip to the local store and purchased two tents and then walked to the nearest campsite which was on the harbor, full of fishing maniacs. We decided to move to a destination nearer to the beach so we hopped on the local bus, and really, it was the locals bus. Everyone knew everyone. Margaret was getting a lift home, literally, ... read more

A month and a half ago I set out on a journey of a lifetime. A spur of the moment, jump in the deep end sort of journey, totally unplanned with really not much thought going into it. Originally I had my place confirmed at Southampton University to study English Literature and History, something I felt I was doing for the sake of doing it. My summer 2012 was the most enjoyable of my life, having traveled to Greece with school friends, Spain to the Pamplona Bull festival (and no, I did not run and will never run), then Italy with the family, followed by a flight back to Greece for a bit of Island hopping, alone, and finally Berlin, just to travel some more. All this traveling was very unplanned which is what made it ... read more