Hi all, a super speedy update from me here in Port Douglas before I fly across the whole of Australia later today to reach Perth. I know I am going in the wrong direction but let's just say it is a big side trip en route home - promise! I have some exciting news - finally I have seen a cassowary! I was hoping to get out onto the Great Barrier Reef yesterday but the weather hasn't been on my side and it is insanely windy so no luck there. I decided to do a day tr...

Hi everyone from Mission Beach. I've made a brief stop here en route north to Cairns from Airlie Beach, zooming up into Tropical Queensland. I am in fact in Port Douglas at the moment, north of Cairns but started this entry in Mission - I hope you are still with me! And it really is tropical here - winter? No way! I spent most of last Wednesday at Brisbane Airport waiting for a delayed flight up to the Whisundays Coast. The flight was with Jetstar, a budget airl...

G'day all. Sorry for the long delay in updating my blog, I have been super busy and away from Internet access for a while, but now that I am back in civilisation I will have a shot at bringing you up to speed - read on for a monster entry! I left you all in Hervey Bay where I hopped aboard a 3 day action-packed 4WD trip over to Fraser Island. Fraser is the world's largest sand island but it was far from what I had expected - the island's interior is stunning, wi...

Hi all, After a super few days in Brisbane I have just zoomed up past the Sunshine Coast to Hervey Bay, where I am hoping to jump aboard a tour out to Fraser Island in the next day or two. Bellingen, where I last updated from, feels a world away now, I have done a lot of exploring since so here goes on an update for you all! I left Bellingen on Friday and caught a local bus a little further north to Coffs Harbour, a pretty town with the Solitary Islands marine ...