Fraser Island was described to us by our guide as the largest sandpit in the world...in many ways I guess he's right. Fraser Island consists completely of sand, which at times is hard to believe as you drive through pristine rainforest. We decided to do a tour after hearing some horror stories about self drive 4x4 cars crashing, falling over, getting stuck in sand etc as their inexperienced drivers don't really know how best to control them. However, it was still...

Sailing the Whitsundays was an exciting experience....minus the sea sickness! We went for a 3 day 2 night tour on a sailing boat called New Horizon with around 30 other keen sea goers. The sea didn't seem that rough but we were certainly bouncing around a bit!! So much so that following the trip Jo and I still feel like we're on a boat with the world apparently spinning around us! Anyway, we spent that evening getting to know each other. The next morning we were...

Jo and I successfully found one another in Cairns...not quite as planned. I was just walking past a cafe when I heard someone shout 'Alice!' and there she was! After catching up on each others accounts of the last few weeks, we settled into Cairns and began organising ourselves for the next 5 and a half weeks we'd be spending travelling down to Sydney. We started by going north for the day to Cape Tribulation. This included going on the Daintree river where we sa...

After a brief overnight stop in Cairns, I was picked up by my first WWOOFING host, Bood, and taken to his farm in the heart of the Atherton Tablelands, west of Cairns. This involved going up the Gillies Highway, a 19km road which snakes around and up a hill to the Tablelands. I believe it should be renamed the Willies as that's what it gives you...I wasn't ill-just! WWOOFING you may ask stands for Willing Workers On Organic Farms. The idea is that in exchange for...