We were up very early this morning for our trip of a life time to the Great Barrier Reef. The 25 metre catamaran we were on left Cairns at 8am this morning heading for the Great Barrier Reef. Our first stop was in deep water on the Outer part of the Barrier Reef. We had to swim to the reef from the boat to go and explore the coral. The water was choppey and rough and I (Charlotte) had to get out and go on the glass bottom boat instead as I couldn't get comfo...

Hi still in Cairns. The weather wasn't too bad yesterday so we went to the lagoon swimming pool for a swim in the sunshine and lazed around our hostel pool later. We treated ourselves to a meal out that night at the 'raw prawn' which was down the Esplanade overlooking the sea. We ate reef fish and white chocolate cheesecake for dessert....scrummy!! Today (tuesday) we picked up our camper and started our mini adventure in OZ. We drove up to Wonga beach w...

Hello from OZ!! Arrived in Cairns safely but it keeps raining on and off throughout the day. Our first hostle is nice enough and you get a free meal which we chanced last night. The meal place which reminds us of a homeless shelter is where we are heading again tonight; you can't say no to free food. Cairns as a place is relitively small and very torist orrintated. There are lots of places to have a drink and chill out. Might have a swin this afternoon at th...