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...

Day 2 in Cairns and the weather is fine! Had an extremely long trip with stop over in Hong Kong for a few hours, flights were pretty good though. We were jet lagged on arrival and managed to sleep for a long 16 hours before doing a little more exploring. So far we've been to a large pool (yesterday) but we got a bit carried away with the sunbathing and are paying the price. Tomorrow we're off snorkelling at the great barrier reef followed by the 'ultimate party' ...