hey Everyone! We've moved twice since the last blog so we're a bit behinde! After brisbane we went to Surfers Paradise which was really nice. We were staying pretty close to the beach and there were loads of restuarants, shops and plenty of surfers! We went out to Warner brothers Movie World which is a big theme park just outside Surfers, and went on some pretty intese rides! Spent the rest of the time there sunbathing and doing a lot of eating! Yesterday we tra...

hi everyone. we're currently in sunny brisbane, but since the last blog we've been to noosa, a small town on the coast. unfortunately the cyclone had taken away it's beaches but we still managed to sit by the sea and watch some of the surfing. we took a trip to the cinema whilst there and saw slumdog millionaire, due to the weather not being so great. we then hopped on the oz bus down to brisbane where we have explored the city. today we went to the lagoon (manma...

Hello!! Ok after all the fun of Magnetic Island we headed back over to the mainland and travelled down to Airlie Beach which is where most people go sailing to the Whitsundays but we hadn't planned on doing that due to my unease with boats! and costs. So we planned to spend 3 nights here just chilling by the big Lagoon on the seafront which we did for 3 days and then came the Cyclone warning!! pretty scary stuff, so the warnings kept coming over the TV that Cycl...

hi everone, sorry its been so long since we last wrote. so we left mission beach and headed for magnetic island, by bus and then ferry. on arrival we checked out the island and the hostel, met a few real australians, not other backpackers for a change. the hostel was very nice, right on the beach and in a secluded location. next day we went to the other side of the island and sunbathed followed by a koala walk, unfortunately without seeing any koalas. whilst on t...

Helolo everyone! We're now in Mission Beach which is extremely beautiful, we were on the beach all of yesterday afternoon and it was practically deserted, but it's really nice and has lots of coconuts along the beach and palm trees! unfortunately you can't go in the sea as its stinger season but we might go for a swim in the nets they put out today! Anyway just to update you on the rest of cairns, on the Saturday we went snorkelling on the Great Barrier reef whi...