SKYDIVE DAY!! YAY!!A skydive was one of the main things that we wanted to do on our trip and after the skydive being cancelled in Nelson due to bad weather it has felt like the day would never come! Our skydive was booked in for 12.30 on our first day in Cairns, after a tentative morning spent hanging around the hostel the bus finally came to pick us up and take us to the skydive centre. Upon arrival we had an almighty amount of forms thrust at us sign that you a...

The last few days in Cairns and indeed Australia were really cool. The penultimate day was very 'touristy' with souvenir shopping, Ice Cream and sun lounging to be done! Apart from daytrips Cairns doesn't seem to offer a hell of a lot in the city itself so it was probably a good thing that we didn't have too many days reserved for here! After a very 'taxing day' of shopping and sunbathing we hung out at the lovely hostel that we have moved to called 'Northern Gre...

Trying to catch up on these things is such a pain, I will finish Australia before we leave here, note to self, decide to do a blog from the get go instead of half way through! Anyway!! The next few days involved a lot of driving on the way up to Airle Beach to visit the Whitsunday's.Scooter, certainly one of the better Oz Experience drivers picked us up and we head towards the town of 1770/ Agnes Water. Apart from sitting on the beach the only thing that this pla...

On into Queensland and roll on Brisbane! Here we stayed at Tin Billy's, only a short walk to the river, business district, gardens, well pretty much everything. First impressions were that Brisbane is a really lovely place, really warm, clean, well organised and that impression certainly lasted as we walked around and explored a bit. The morning was spent waling around the small but interesting 'Brsisbane Museum, they had a great exhibition on fashion through the...

Leaving Sydney behind we jumped aboard the (very late) Oz Bus bound for Surf Camp, our first stop! The people who work there are just what you imaging the stereotypical Australian surfer to be, bleached blonde, tanned and very, very laidback. The evening was spent drinking 'Passion Pop' (Fizzy cheap wine, lovely) and chatting whilst being entertained by a busload of Oz Drivers in training, acoustic guitar, harmonica and didgeridoo and all, great fun.The following...