Got to Cairns on 2nd Feb after taking our last trip on the Greyhound bus! Stayed for three nights at Serpent hostel, was a nice place just a bit out of the centre of Cairns. Went for a wander around the centre on our first afternoon there and did a bit of shopping, every other shop seemed to be a souviner shop!! Also booked trips to Port Douglas and the Barrier Reef for the following days. On the Sunday we went to Port Douglas which is a pretty little town about...

Unfortunately not that much to write for Mission Beach as rained most of the time we were there!! Had two nights there and on our full day we went down to Mission Beach itself as our hostel was at the next beach down the coast and was quite a sleepy little town. The beach would have been lovely in nice weather but we didn't venture that far on to it! So that's about it really folks, just a quiet two days had. Although did see the hugest butterrfly you've ever see...

We had one night on Magnetic Ilsand and then one in Townsville on the main land. Arrived by ferry to Magnetic Island and the guesthouse we stayed in had a Rolls Royce which they picked us up in!! Was nice travelling in style but the bus was a bit of a let down after this, hehe! Stayed at Arcadia Guesthouse and Steve who picked us up quickly drove us around the area before we checked in. Had a wander around and checked out the beach. About an hour before sunset we...

Arrived in Airlie Beach at 6am and couldn't check un until 12.30 so had bit of an explore and found the lagoon which is near the beach. Lovely little place and nice to not be covered in sand when we had finished!! Spent rest of the day there after checking in and got supplies for out Whitsunday sailing trip. Left for the Whitsundays the next day about 3pm on a boat called Pride Of Airlie, this day we just sailed straight to South Molle island which we were stayi...

Just had one night in Agnes Water to break up the journey between Hervey Bay and Airlie Beach and it seemed just the right amount of time! Our hostel, Cool Bananas, was in Agnes Water and the town of 1770 was about 5kms away, arrived about 7pm to find that virtually everything in the town had shut!! The hostel provided a free tour of Agnes Water and 1770 every morning so we did this...didn't take that long as not loads to see! We did find out that 1770 got its na...