The Oz Experience day one: The Crocodile Farm, Heading onto Mission Beach: Accommodation: Absolute Backpackers. Driver: Ute The Oz experience pulled up and we were ready to hop on, I met some great people (Pete Newman if you are reading this, I met another Pete Newman on board.. Lol). Our driver Ute (they all have nicknames, and this is the type of car he owns) was a laugh and filled us with knowledge about the sugar cane farms, waterfalls and towns we passed t...

The tour bus came early in the morning and we headed north of Cairns to Cape Tribulation - A very large Rainforest. We were taken on a tour by our guide and he discussed the dangerous plants and trees to avoid. The "stinger" and the "wait a while" (or creeping Mary). The stinger plant, looks just like nettles we have in England, however if you touch one or it wipes against your flesh it releases thousands of tiny needles that imbed in your skin and the only way (...

I can't tell you how excited I was for this trip, I have seen amazing pictures of the Reef and I couldn't wait to both snorkel and scuba dive in it to see whether it really was quite as beautiful. I got on the boat and I was greeted by lovely staff. I sat down holding this huge black case.. I was getting strange looks as people were wondering what was inside, I had hired an underwater camera for the day. When I paid for it I was told that if I lost it or broke it...

Ok this was one of the scariest experiences in Oz so far, you will notice this by how pale I look in the photos. Our instructor 'Macca' wanted to make our time on the Tully River as exciting and adrenalin filled as possible and to achieve this he deflated our rafts and not just a little bit; we were bouncing all over the place. Stories were told and I'm not sure how true they were, but they didn't fill me with great confidence. We had to jump out of our raft and ...

On Thursday myself and Mary jumped on Uncle Brian's tour bus. It was the most bizarre day I have had in Australia so far. We were greeted by "Cousin Rohan" and "Gus" The Bus and these names we had to adhere to for the duration of the trip. Although a little bonkers, especially Cousin Rohans jokes and ability to communicate with Gus, it was a brilliant day filled with amazing people and beautiful scenery and not forgetting the best bread and butter pudding I think...