Sunday 3rd October Greyhound to Hervey Bay for 1 night before Fraser Island tour. Wouldn't want to spend too long with the girl at reception, who appears to be on a 24hr a day casting for the happy bouncy one in Big Brother - "Gooooood, yay" in up and down squeaky voice. After putting our bags in the room we went to meet our guide for the tour - WORM. An unusual chap with an artificial leg. We also met the rest of the travellers on the tour. We were t...

Saturday 2nd October Blue skies and free breakfast to be had. Amie is editing photos and sorting blog before, maybe, a bike ride to Town of 1770. Met Femke off the 10am greyhound and arranged our bike ride for the afternoon. Very chatty chap at the bike hire shop and Steve's mud guard had to be removed which delayed our departure but left enough time to see the sights, dolphins off the point and a large lizard (not Jimmy Durante "sitting at my goanna")...

Saturday 9th October Unseasonably heavy rain last night but dry when we caught the greyhound. The Poo Heads are heading the Noosa Heads. After half hour drive through more cypress pine forests, the countryside changed to green rolling hills with heards of cows - all lying down (bad sign). It looked a bit like surrey or the dales. Reached Noosa Heads at 1pm and arrived at a quiet, for once, hostel - decorated with Buddhas and peace flags. Noosa is a busy tourist ...

Friday 1st October The journey to Agnes Waters & Town of 1770 from Airlie Beach took 10hours. Not the best way to travel but did get some sleep. The countryside has changed, we still have the mountains of the Great Dividing Range to our right as we travel down the coast but the trees now have more leaves and less fonds. There are more fields of grass - more like hay - upon which graze an increasing number of cows and horses. There are also more trees in th...

Saturday 25th September Ferry from Magnetic Island to Townsville arrived at 10:30am and Amie managed to get us on the earlier greyhound to Airlie Beach. A 3hr+ journey through sugar cane plantations, fields of ripe tomatoes and very large fields of gum trees with the occasional cow or horse. There were also Large grey heron like birds with red heads and circling buzzards/eagles. The sun shone all the way. We were deposited in Airlie beach and picked up by 'bac...