Gday everybody! We are currently in hervey beach, an area to the north of Brisbane, where we depart for tomorrow! The last few days have included a bucket load of travelling - 19 hours on a bus over two days! We had a fantastic time in a place called Kroombit. Heard of it? No... nobody has! It's in the outback, and involved a twelve hr drive south west from Airlie Beach.We stayed at a Cattle Station (yeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaa!) and di so many cool things... fir...

Hello everyone! Quick update... going to write more from Hervey or Brisbane as not much to report at the mo... We;re currently in Airlie (check out photos from Airlie Beach and Mag Is/ Airlie on the photo pages)... Not much to do here as the weather is pretty shocking... rain and cloud... like being in England, except we gather England is 'so hot right now'... stop stealing our sunshine! We've been shopping and wandering around and making jewellery in our n...

Sooo... what happened to the weather?! We're currently on Magnetic Island off the Queensland coast. It's beautiful... but drizzly... boo hoo... The first day here we went kayaking, which was fun. We got thrown from our kayak by a big wave we were catching... very funny! Not as funny as trying to get out into the unbroken water again after being washed up on the beach though! But we made it back in one piece only slightly bruised so all is well! This morning (...

Hello! We've spent the last few days being beach bums here in Cairns (possibly my new favourite hobby!) Yesterday we took a trip out to the Great Barrier Reef. It was an early start (wake up call at 630am... eek!) and then we set off. We were on a 30 foot catamaran (Osprey 5 for all you boaty types who like to know random details... aka Dad!) We were glad we were on a cat considering the winds - 20-30 knots most of the day, so at least it gave us some stability...

A WARNING - Never ever stay in JJs backpackers in Cairns. We lasted all of a few hours in there... it was horrible. Hideous. Disgusting. It was so dirty and the people were all... well... low-lifes is the only way we can put it... and all the rooms had the same key (interesting set up... the point of locks was????) so we decided to book into somewhere else, without actually spending a night there! We are now in a very basic, very small room in a hostel/motel rig...