From Airlie to Brisbane As we stepped foot back on the mainland at Shute Harbour for the second time in my Australian travels, we collected the van which took a bit of persuasion to start into life but after a few revs of the engine she was roaring into life no problem- Just had to warm the old beast up. After filling up with fresh water for the travels we set off on our next voyage to Rockhampton which was a 6hour drive. We said we would share this doing 2hou...

The Return to Lindeman Island Due to the shortage of money funds after paying out for the van, our east coast package and then still having New Zealand to pay out for, we decided we desperately needed to work if we wanted to stay in Australia past New Zealand. The easy option to us was to contact Lindeman Island and see if they would have all 3 of us as it was on route down the coast rather than getting to Sydney and having ther hassle of finding work within 3we...

From Cairns to Airlie Beach23rd August- 9th SeptemberAfter a 10hr coach journey, we pulled into the drop-off point around 6.15am at Cairns. Being in Cairns before I knew where to go so i made my way to the hostel Jamie had been staying in and there he was, sat at side the campervan getting charge on his phone as always. This was around 6.30. By 7.30 I was boarding a boat to the Great Barrier Reef. Jamie was going to do his advanced dive course with another lad wh...

Due to the shortage of money funds after paying out for the van, our east coast package and then still having New Zealand to pay out for, we decided we desperately needed to work if we wanted to stay in Australia past New Zealand. The easy option to us was to contact Lindeman Island and see if they would have all 3 of us as it was on route down the coast rather than getting to Sydney and having ther hassle of finding work within 3weeks. Luckily all 3 of us was ab...

The End of Lindeman Monday 22nd AugustThe time had come to hang up my towels and bleach bottles and leave the island. I'd been there for 9 weeks and what journey it was. I remeber my first day when i arrived and thinking to myself "what the hell is this place?" then to where i rather enjoyed the island life with the people i met although the work was rubbish, to where I didn't want to leave at all in the end. The last 2weeks was the best by far. As people starte...