Dominic says:Hello hello. We are in Airlie Beach boarding an old tall ship tomorrow to cruise the Whitsunday Islands for three days. Should be loverley jubilee as we have our own air con ensuite cabin (we're backpackers you know). Then on Friday 20th we drive up to Cairns, 'do' the Great Barrier Reef before it disappears completely (they now think twill be gone in 20 years) and on Monday 23rd we fly from Cairns to New Zealand. In a strange way as I...

Dominic says: Okay in Brisbane. Hot again. Will write when we get back from visiting an island near here to be like vegetables.

Back in Sydney. Off to Brisbane tomorrow more from there!

Dominic says: Excellent so we are in the '(Snowy) (Mountains)', both of which require their own parenthesis as they were neither snowy nor mountains. I know, I know, it's not winter, and I had been warned that they really looked like hills, so we have nobody to blame. We had a great time here and took the chair lift up to 'Eagle's Nest' and then walked 2 hours to Australia's highest point, Mt. Kosciuszko. It's about 1,970m so low,...

Michelle says: We set off down south to head toward Melbourne. We heard that accommodation was pretty booked up in Melbourne itself (swimming championships in full swing) so we thought we'd take our time since there's quite a lot to see on the way. First stop was Narooma. Really lovely. Stayed at Mystery Bay Cottages - only 6 of them and all overlook the rolling hillside while being 5 mins walk from the beach. The bedroom and living room had fantastic ...