Getting up to checkout before 10 wasn't too pleasant after our night out, but we made it. Someone told Alice there was a phone shop near the out of town shopping centre, but it didn't turn out to be true. We picked up supplies anyway, and had some food and coffee from Hungry Jacks (so we could use the Wi-Fi, except it wouldn't work on my phone). Ezzy had told us about 'Platypus Bush Camp' where it's likely to spot platypuses; we did manage to find it in the ...

The English muffins were replaced by croissants in today's breakfast. The boat was rocking quite wildly, and Sam thought it'd be too choppy to use the paddle board, but a few couples went on the see through kayak. It took a bit of courage to jump into the sea, but I did anyway. I didn't particularly see much more than yesterday but the coral was very pretty and it actually felt a lot warmer. It was a very choppy 3 hours return but once back on land I felt li...

Breakfast was served at 7, and consisted of English muffins with a selection of spreads, cornflakes, coco pops, muesli, fruit salad and yoghurt. We sailed to Whitsunday Island, and had to get the speedboat from the main boat to the rocky bay. We then walked to the lookout where we could see the swirling sands of Whitehaven beach- you can only see them when the tide is low. We had a few hours to spend on the beach, which has the softest, purest white sand- it...

This morning was the first morning we woke up to frost on the windscreen- a sign of the decreasing temperature as we go down further south. On the drive to Airlie Beach, I invented a game where you have to make a story using the names of the creek. The beginning went something like: After (breakfast), Jane and Paul had a (little goodbye) before going to work. Paul was working on some (magnetic) research and Jane had to rush to work, as she had a very impo...

We got ready to set off in the place we cooked our dinner last night since it was nearby to some toilets and got chatting to some French guys. They owned an atlas hat also had camping spot references, The previous owner of the van they were driving had circled all the free places, and since Guthalungra was the closest to Airlie Beach, that's where we've ended up tonight. It's a simple camp place with just some toilets, taps, picnic benches and apparently you ca...