Ahhhh.... and we've arrived on the east coast of Australia, sun, sea, surf and sand here we come!! This was a place of activities en masse! The Queenstown of New Zealand with an Australian flavour! River rafting, hot air ballooning, snorkelling The Great Barrier Reef, bush walking, seeing a place where the rainforest meets the sea and riding the 'jungle surf'! River Rafting on the Tully River - This was fantastic! This river went up to level 4 (level...

Bundaberg - The place to be for turtle viewing, and at this time of year (December), the turtles were coming onto the beach to lay their eggs. They come to lay their eggs once every 2 to 3 years, and always return to the same part of the same beach. Intelligent cretures. We arrived at the beach in the evening with a tour group, and our groups were called out one at a time once there was turtle activity on the beach. Luckily we were amongst the first group to be c...

Magnetic Island (from Townsville)- Leaving Cairns at half past midnight, and arriving into Townsville at 5:30am was a challenge itself, but we then had to pretend to be awake enough to blag our way to Magnetic Island! So we managed to get ourselves across, to find our hostel hadn't opened as yet! Do they know how long I'd been awake for?! Best not to ask! Once checked in, Dip and I took the very short walk into town, and decided to spend the rest of the d...