So today I had to be up and ready for 7am to get to the marina. The crew on the boat were quite young and really friendly, when we got there we were given muffins and tea/coffee. There were two irish sisters on the boat and one of them had actually been on my plane to Australia so spoke to them two a little bit and then sat with two German girls. We were sailing for two hours to get out to the Great Barrier Reef and as we got nearer to it you could see the wate...

So the flight over was nothing special... The airline I flew with was jet star, a budget airline, and Jesus could you tell!!! The seats were really close together and if you wanted to buy anything to eat/drink you had to pay with card and show identification but a passport wasn't classed as identification.... Say what?!? Anyway, a long flight later and a stolen airline blanket for Alix, I finally arrived in Australia!!! I actually said to myself several times "I...