G'day! Weds 28th Nov - Sun 2nd Nov Arrived at Airlie Beach late afternoon after a long 6 hour bus journey on 28th November looking forward to a few days able to chill. Every other day since being in Oz has been non stop! We stayed in Bush Village Backpackers, about 1km out of town. The room was amazing, no ants or cobwebs! Even though it was a little way out of town, it was worth it because of the lush room! The hostel offered free shuttle bus runs to town al...

Magnetic Island We woke up early (again!) at Mission Beach to catch the Greyhound Bus down to Townsville to catch the ferry over to Magnetic Island. On the bus on the way down we stopped at Cardwell on the way where I recognised a girl (Kerry and her mate Cherryl.) I met her whilst we both were throwing up on the boat on the way to the Great Barrier Reef in Cairns! As it turns out they were travelling to Magnetic Island and staying at the same hostel as we were!...

Mission Beach On Saturday 24th Noevember it was time to leave Cairns, next stop was Mission Beach but on the way we were doing a spot of sight seeing! (well kind of!) We woke up early to catch our bus down to the Tully River to undertake our White Water Rafting! The river was a grade 4 - 5 and for those who are wondering what that means, grade 1 is like the River Thames in Oxford grade 6 is the highest grade of river being like Niagra Falls...ok, once I knew tha...

G'day Everyone. Cairns Tuesday 20th - Saturday 24th November. Arrived in Cairns from a long 14 hour journey from Thailand to almost being strip serached at the airport! I think they thought Mark was a criminal! Got picked up and taken to our first backpacker hostel...Koala Beach Resort. Bad idea...Bed Bugs galore! Once we discovered the little critters at 3 am in the morning, we decided to grab our bags and shift to another hostel called Gilligans, like a 5 ...

Hello again, This is my last blog of Koh Samui, Thailand, we fly out to Cairns, Australia on Monday 19th November. Just thought i'd update you on the last few days! On Thursday we woke up early for breakfast ready to go Elephant Trekking in the jungle. At 9.30am an old open top safari-like jeep come to pick us up from our hotel. By the sound of it and the amount of exhaust it was omitting, I started to wonder if it'll make a yard! Anyway, hopped in the front a...