Brisbane to Surfer's Paradise, via Hervey Bay

We're in the camper van, but it's not quite going as planned, no one told us how bluddy cold it is in Australia! I was expecting it to be like English summer, maybe a couple of chilly days but all we'd need would be hoodys, especially in Queensland. That is a lie. It is so so cold, apparently it went down to 3 degrees the other night. I have to sleep with 3 pairs of socks on and 4 layers of t shirts and hoodys. So that's been a bit of a shock. We've also realised that we have a bit too much time here for the route we've planned (can't really go too far past Sydney as that's where we fly from) so we're going through huge stresses now trying to see if we can move our flights forward a bit to save a bit of moolah. It's not going well at the moment. But other bits have been quite good.
We went up to Noosa the first day and it was really pretty, didn't do much but camped by the river (we got woken up at 7.30am but a warden telling us this was illegal so can't recommend that to anyone). Watched the sunset from a vantage point which had an amazing view over the river and all of the islands and the next day we went on a walk around the National Park which was lovely and again very pretty. Headed up to Hervy Bay and stayed in a campsite with a shower! ah it was amazing, showers are the best things in the world as we're currently having to pull over to public toilets everyday and wash ourselves in the disabled public loos with their icy cold water. Walked around the town which was nice and had some chips. We've realised that Australia is a bit more expensive that we expected, for example all chocolate bars seem to cost over a pound! For a mars bar! That's ridiculous. And all the day trips to go and do nice things are 60-70 pounds plus which we really can't afford. So we're sticking to the free stuff like sunsets. Had a nice drive back down through some national parks and saw lots of scenery. Went to Towoomba but it was pretty dull so we left quite soon. Then got a bit lost on some roads that aren't on the maps but found a really nice free campsite in the middle of a valley where we stayed for 2 nights. Again it had hot showers which were lovely. Went on a nice walk, it was so so quiet and just really picturesque. And now we're in surfers paradise. It's nicer than I expected as after reading Bill Bryson's 'Down Under' I was expecting it to be horrible here. Mike went surfing earlier but the sea is freezing so I stayed clear. We haven't got any electricity and our phone's are dead so we're now killing (expensive) time on the internet to use their plug sockets. That's about it. We're spending a lot of time sitting about reading and drinking goon. It's not bad and I'm still having a nice time, just not brilliant and not the best end to our travels at the moment.