Well we have some pretty big news for you all! On our way back to Cairns after spending an amazing day snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef we went for a walk on a deserted beach in the Northern Queensland Heritage Area.We had the beach completely to ourselves and Andrew set up the camera to take a photo of us and as he came back he got down on one knee and proposed to me!!! (Check the photos out - my expression is priceless!) I said yes and we are both reall...

We arrived here mid afternoon on Saturday, on a ferry from Townsville.The weather seemed better than it had been for a while, although very humid indeed and when we got to our dorm we realized that we were in for some hot, sticky nights as there were too many people per dorm and no air con!! We spent the first afternoon in the pool trying to cool off although the pool was warm too it was still really refreshing.We met Liz and Hanna who had been on our Whitsunday...

We had a complete nightmare getting from Hervey Bay to Airlie Beach, due to heavy rain the roads were completely flooded and the Greyhound buses we are travelling on were only going as far as Mackay which is about 2 hours from Airlie Beach.So we had to get a minibus taxi with a group of others from Mackay to get to Airlie Beach - not great for the budget, but we had already paid for our accommodation and sailing trip from Airlie Beach so we had to get there! Air...

We arrived into Hervey Bay and yet again it was raining, hopefully this wet weather cannot continue all the way up the coast!! We packed our bags in readiness for a 6am start on our Fraser Island 3 day/2 night self-drive tour. We were up early and met our group of 10 (it was a tight squeeze in the back of the 4WD) we had a really good group 5 English (including us), 2 German, a Brazilian, an American and a Canadian. We all got on well so we were excited about o...

We arrived in Brisbane Monday lunch time to glorious sunshine and unbelievable heat, add the humidity to it and it is quite a sticky situation to be in! The sun seems so much harsher up here when its out, you can literally feel your skin instantly burning! We are staying in a very cool hostel in a great location in the city.Brisbane seems to be a very cool city.Very modern and chilled out, we are loving it here. Monday afternoon we explored the city centre whi...