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 all throughout the day and free breakie, which was a bonus!

Airlie Beach is beautiful. It's a little town but has lots of shops, restaurants and bars and a beach lagoon to swim in! It's also the marina to the Whitsunday Islands and Great Barrier Reef.

We did our 2 day Ocean Rafting trip to the Whitsundays on Friday and Saturday, visited Whitehaven Beach (one of the world's top 10 beaches), viewed it from a lookout in the hills, snorkeled in reefs and saw Aboriginal Art in the caves. The first day whilst in the middle of the sea we got caught in a tropical storm, being in one of those big open lifesaving rafts, we got drenched, we pulled into a bay and jumped in the water to keep warm, after all it was 27 degrees in the water!

The two days were so amazing we decided to take a sea plane flight on Sunday to sea it from the air! We saw Heart Reef in the picture shown. All the sights were absolutely amazing. I promise i'll put the pics on once we get to Brisbane!

Having a wicked time, next stop Rainbow Beach and living rough camping for 2 nights Fraser Island with a group of crazy dingos (i'm talking about our friends we met and the real things!) Wish us luck!!