Now its obviously quite hard to remember what exactly we did in the last month of being in Australia, (which makes us very glad we kept up with the blog for the rest of the trip), but we'll have a go.
After visiting Noosa we drove further down the sunshine coast and stopped at a place called Caloundra. By chance there was a navy ceremony on so we stayed and watched the parade, followed by a navy helicopter flyover.
That evening we had no plans and by chance we came across a small park next to the beach so decided to set up our stove and make dinner there. Before we knew it, it was packed. People were setting up blankets on the grass and getting the barbecues going. It turned out just around the corner was one of the ever so popular weekend food markets. Coincidentally we also bumped into Debbie and Emma (the British couple who we met previously).
From here we went on to see the glass house mountains which is made up of - as you may have guessed - 13 different mountains. We began by doing a walk up to the top of one where you got amazing views. There were actually so many walks that we wanted to do that we decided to spread it over 2 days. On the second day we walked up the biggest, and longest hill ever to a really nice view point and in the afternoon Sean did a hike up another one of the mountains. I sat this one out as one long walk in the scorching heat was enough for me in one day.
As we were now so close to Brisbane the campsites were beginning to get very expensive. We managed to find a semi cheap one in a place called Dayboro. The plan was to stay here whist we prepped the car for selling and then once it was sold, possibly find a hostel. We had been here for about 5 days before we got a phone call from Seans relative, Peter, who had put us up when we first arrived in Brisbane, offering us a place to stay again. We couldn't have been more grateful. At this point we were getting very bored and living in a field where there wasn't much to do in the area, was getting a bit boring to say the least. For the next 4 weeks we stayed here, getting the car ready and visiting our friends Carly and Stuart. Sean had kept our return as a secret from his family so we could surprise them when we got back, hence why we couldn't put much on the blog at this point. To everybody at home we were selling the car and were going to go fly to the west coast, all part of the plan to keep them off the scent. We eventually sold the car for a good price and so spent our last few days visiting some of the local spots.
Picnic in the park
On the 5th December we returned to the UK. It was sad to leave somewhere that had been our home for the past year, and especially sad for the travelling to be over as we'd had such an amazing time but it was so nice to see all of our friends and family, and especially nice to surprise those that didn't know we were coming home.
Here are a few extra pictures from along the way.
Trying some horrible vietnamese tea.
We saw this as we were driving past in the exact same kind of bus. It wasn't suprising considering the way they drove.
Breathtaking views in Sapa, Vietnam.
Losing a bit of weight along the way.
Tuk tuk ride in Cambodia
The biggest Schnitzel ever.
Not what you want to find running across the kitchen.
Finding some kind of washed up jellyfish.
Double decker underground train.
Lifeguards from the t.v show Bondi
Burning the crops
Hot chocolates in the tent.
Breakfast with a view in the camper.
Cockatoos galore.
We lost count of the amount of times we thought there was a kangaroo or snake in the bushes and it turned out to be one of these.
