May 11th (Monday) - Day 71 - Journey to Magnetic IslandWhat started as a routine journey on the bus from one place to another turned into a nightmare. Firstly I opted to go to the supermarket in the rain to get supplies so I boarded the bus drenched. 2 hours later we reached a rest stop. Instead of me describing it, the best thing I can do is let you read my following complaint letter to the bus company… To whom it may concern We would like to bring a number ...

May 9th (Saturday) - Day 69 - Mission BeachAfter checking out of our hostel we walked to the bus stop and found our bus. Metres to go it started to rain really hard but managed to not get soaked. We arrived in mission beach 2 hours later where it was hammering it down. Luckily the hostel owner was there to met us even though it was only 250 metres down the road. He told us about the free bbq later which was a nice surprise. We went into 'town' (when I say town it...

May 7th (Thursday) - Day 67 - Cairns (Cape Tribulation)After 4 nights in the same place it was horrid to have to pack up. We met our tour group at half 7 and spent a painful 90 minutes on the bus while they picked others up. Once we had everyone we drove a few hours up north to the Barron river, via a little stop over point that had a million mosquitoes. This stop was a river cruise of the Barron river. A salt water slash fresh water river where you could see all...

May 4th (Monday) - Day 64 - CairnsWe had not planned anything for today so just walked around town for most the day. We wandered down to the sea front and the first thing you notice is a large swimming pool on the front. There were loads of people milling around. We started to plan the next few days and it dawned on us how much there is to do and how much it was going to cost being here! First thing we looked into was snorkelling off the great barrier reef. There...