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...