On our way up to Cairns, we had noticed a small section in our ancient guidebook about a Spanish Castle just off the main highway, and we were so intruiged that we stopped by for a little look around. As soon as we got out of the car a woman came over and told us there was a free campsite to stay at, and we were impressed already. Once we actually saw the area though it was the most amazing thing. There was a huge waterfall flowing into a large swimming hole, be...

We've been in Mission Beach for a few days intending to do what we always do and chillax on the beach. Unfortunately, the marine stingers, crocodiles, and sandflies scared us off. The place we're staying has the BESTEST swimming pool in the world ever though so it's ok. A slide, a fountain, a replica crocodile; what more could you ask for?! We've also been for a trek in the rainforest (well 2km along a path) which was pretty cool but full of mozzies. We were tryi...

After we finally escaped Macay we drove up to Arlie beach, where we went cruising out to the Whitsunday islands for a day. Once past the seasickness it was great, swimming on the reef and chilling on the white beaches. The 'bush walk' of the day involved thirty of us tramping up a hill behind one of the crew, who informed us there were giant monitor lizards, and if we kept quiet we might see them. Well for those who've ever been on a package holiday, you'll know ...

Following a brief stop off at Rockhampton we headed to Yeppoon. The highlight of this little stop was going to a crocodile farm out in the middle of nowhere. We did a tour with the most annoying woman in the world (we were very tempted to push her into one of the enclosures) but saw some pretty cool, and huge, crocs. We even ended up holding one, though as you can see in the pictures it's not exactly a monster. We then started to head up to Mackay but I (Jack) m...

We were thinking of going on a trip to Fraser Island but after checking out the price tag (around 400 quid for 2 days) we figured we'd give it a miss. Only then did we realise that the surf had completely stopped up north so we had to drive aaaaall the way back down to Noosa again to try and sell the surfboards. After getting back no one then wanted to buy them, sigh, so we drove back up again the next day to Agnes water. Not a lot to do there but lie on the beac...