We all slept in until 9 or 10ish and then walked up town to get some breakfast at McDonald's. It seemed pretty nice out so we headed for the lagoon. I don't think they actually have a beach to swim in the ocean, just the lagoon which is a swimming pool-type area. It sprinkled off and on so we did a little bit of shopping and just walked around town. It was a very relaxing afternoon by the lagoon. We said good-bye to Ulie because she was going back to Brisban...

Happy Birthday Philip! We had to be at the jetty by 8:45 so we could have breakfast and head to an island so we could dive! Those who weren't diving could do some snorkelling or hang out on the boat. I was a little bit nervous but mostly excited. They didn't give us much instruction before hand, the instructor that brought me down basically just told me how to equalize my ears. I didn't do it enough and the kept hurting so I had to come up a few times and by...

We had to be at the jetty by 8:30 for a ride over to the boat for breakfast. Once everyone arrived and had had breakfast we took off for Whitehaven beach. Huge waves on the way again, bigger than yesterday. We had a 15-20 minute bush walk to the look out before we made our way to the beach. The view was absolutely beautiful!! It is definitely right up there with Lake McKenzie. It is a huge white sand beach with an amazing view, very hard to describe. We tr...

It was an early morning without the best sleep last night. Linda and I stopped at the bakery to get some bread for breakfast while a few others stopped at McDonald's. We all met at the tourist info where we were able to store our extra bags free while gone. We had to be at the harbour by 7:45 and the guy at the info said we would be late so we hurried down there and waited till 8am anyway before we saw anyone. Before we boarded we all had to pay a marine park...

Happy Birthday Mark! I got ready and finished packing; I fit everything in my backpack minus 1 or 2 things I put in my beach bag, I was very proud of myself. We met at the UniCentral gate at 11:30 to catch the 11:45 bus to Alexandra Headlands where we met our shuttle that took us to the Brisbane airport. There are 10 of us total. 5 Germans- Gregor, Ulie, Sara, Liza and Julia; 2 Swedes- Linda and Isabell; 2 Finnish- Lena and Tommy; and me, the only American! ...