Queensland was the first leg of our trip with Sydney being the second. We took a train from Melbourne to Surfers Paradise (bypassing Sydney, where we actually stopped for a few hours to catch the connecting train).

The trip was murderous. We spent over 24 hours on a train arriving at about 11pm where we wasted no time in checking into our hotel, the Iluka (pronounced i-luka, not e-luka). Needless to say, we headed staight to bed as we had to get up early tomorrow morning for the Sunshine Coast tour.