Airlie Beach - Just before we arrived at the bus stop in Airlie Beach we drove down the high street and spotted the place we were booked to stay. It was above a large bar/nightclub and was party central, not exactly what we were looking for. Luckily we'd only given our name and no card details or deposit so we jumped into the minivan of another place to stay that we'd also been looking at. It was family run and we were housed in a self contained cabin with bathro...

The first few destinations of our 8 weeks in Australia! Cairns - We arrived in Cairns pretty tired due to not having slept since getting up in Singapore the previous morning. We'd had a 4 hour flight from Singapore - Darwin, a couple of hours stopover (in the middle of the night) followed by a 3 hour flight to Cairns. So by the time we'd made it to our hostel we were knackered. Unfortunately we weren't able to check in as we were too early so we sat outside wher...