Hey well we're nearly at Brisbane - should get there in time for Xmas when we have to leave Rudolf (sob! sob!) but we're going to check out if we can keep him for Xmas (finger's crossed). Anyway, we're having a great time have done tons of driving - 1800 ks so far - but seen some good stuff on the way. I last left you in Airlie Beach and there we went sailing around the Whitsundays which was fab sailing but poor snorkelling. Stayed at a great campsite for...

Well we picked up our campervan on Friday (how excited was we) and promptly named him Rudolf which seemed appropriate. After stocking up with food and beer, wine, vodka and fags of course we set off of the Atherton Tablelands which is west of Cairns and is very high up and has stunning scenery of mountains, forests, waterfalls and wildlife (two wallabies actually sat outside Rudolf on our first night camping but I was not quick enough with the camera). We'v...

Yeeesssss we've got a bloody campervan, can't believe it after days of solid hard graft looking we're successful. It seems that everyone in Cairns is heading south to be in Sydney for Xmas and it was a nightmare trying to arrange any transport - we even looked at Kayaking down (joking I think...). We (that's Kirsten and me - Kirsten is in the piccy) pick it up this afternoon and we've got two weeks to drive down to Brisbane. So folks you can look forward to ou...

Well I'm now in Port Douglas for a couple of days and how very nice it is here too - quite posh and not many of us smelly backpackers around. That said it's a nice rest here and I've heard that its beach (called 4-mile beach) is well worth a visit some I'm going there this pm to cool off in this tropical heat (... and they have stinger nets so I can swim in the sea at last). Anyway I love Oz - that's offical. I was completely awestruck with Cape Trib and ...

Hi well I came to Cape Trib this am and here for a few days. I think on my last postcard I described it as jungle meets sea - wrong it really is Rain Forrest meets Reef - That's the Daintree Rain Forest and the Great Barrier Reef and it's the only place in the world where two natural heritage sites meet each other (pretty amazing eh?). I'm here for a couple of nights and doing my Great Barrier Reef trip from here tomorrow then leave lunch time Tuesday ...