Needless to say - Lauren, Bianca, and I are having the most AMAZING time together and I can't wait to tell y'all about it BUT I have to finish my intra-semester break travels first...
Back in business:
Below is a map of all of Australia with a zoomed cut-out of Queensland (the state who's east coast we traveled). I live in near Caloundra, we went south first to Brisbane to pick up with cars, drove straight to Cairns (22hr drive from Brisbane, 1,682km) we made it there in a day and a half :) We went from Cairns, north to Port Douglas and Cape Tribulation and back. We drove south from there, starting in Airlie Beach for our sailing trip, then Agnes Water/1770 to camp on the beach, then to Hervey Bay/Fraser Island, then Noosa Heads and home!
I was trying to find a way to further detail where we stopped but, unfortunately, Mac's don't have a drawing program... I figured these were good enough though
The last picture of the previous blog is in Noosa and we headed home that day. It was supposed
to be a relaxing night and morning but it was quite stressful for me, seeing as I had to sort out some school things between three different Uni's and LIFE Scholarship people.
Fortunately, the second have of my adventure was very relaxing. It was strictly a girls trip - Sini, Maggie and I headed south to Byron Bay and Gold Coast.
Took my first Greyhound
First day in Byron, Sini and I got
massages - definitely deserved :)
Gorgeous Byron Bay
The perfect sign!
Headed up to Surfer's Paradise, Gold Coast:
MOTEL!!!! What a luxury after weeks
of hostels and campsites - I was so excited :D
Irish Pub in Surfers -
enjoying some live music
Looking down the beach from Surfers
Explanation: Similarly to the Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast is made up of several suburbs (Broadbeach, Burleigh Heads, Mermaid Beach, Miami, Palm Beach, Surfers Paradise...)
Viewing Surfers in the distance from Broadbeach
Looking down Gold Coast
Sooo beautiful - from Mermaid Beach to Surfers
On the train home -
more amazing sunsets
Our time in Byron Bay and Gold Coast was great - Maggie worked with a few people in Europe that live there so we got to spend some time with them as well - very cool :) I'm sure I'll see them again one day. We finally made it back to Uni on Monday, Sept 28 totaling my trip to a whopping 17 days!!!! Wow!
Phew! I hope you enjoyed the most action-packed two weeks of my life - I sure did :) I'm pretty sure I packed as much as I could into the blog but there's still so much to tell... I'm sure each of you will hear even more about it in due time. I love you all so much - get ready for more great updates with my South Carolina girls!!!
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