Hello, Sorry I havent updated this recenty, we havent done a huge amount here really. So far we have hired two bikes and cycled to the gym and back, relaxed at the lagoon pool and been to the cinema to watch Newcastle ( Newcastle in Australia). However! we are going on two trips, possibly three! :) First is tomorrow, we are doing an intro scuba dive and snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef!! and Monday we are going to the Tablelands, where we will see large wat...

Hiya:) We arrived in Cairns yesterday afternoon, it was still very hot and it was 4 in the afternoon!! the driver from the hostel, who picked us up, said that it was a cool day for Cairns! lol You could tell it was a hot location, because of the tropical plants everywhere. When we got to our hostel, we were greeted by an old lady, who seemed a little strange, but nice:) I could imagine her to have been a bit of a hippy in her youth. Our room is very plain, a w...

Hi there all:) We went on a day trip to O'Reilleys yesterday, was eventful:) First stop was at the Opal shed, where we were told all about the history of the opal and the different varieties. I think I found this a little more interesting than Ian and lucky for him we were only there for about half an hour:@) He was distracted anyway, eating free Anzac biscuits and tea....... Secondly we went to Tamborine Mountain, filled with arts and craft shops, art galleri...

Helloooooooooo!! We went on our trip to Byron Bay as planned! It was nice to see some different landscapes outside of Brisbane city. Lots of lush green trees on the way and red soil, very pretty:) We were travelling on a coach and our first stop was the Honey farm, we saw bees behind glass, making their honey and even a queen bee!!!! found out the lady bees are the workers and the male bees are lazy and just sit about all day eating bits of honey. Afterwards, w...

Hiya!!!!!!!!! Just another update on what we have been doing. Yesterday was a bad weather day, it was raining most of it, if not all of it! lol so we went to the Queensland museum, where it was dry:) Ian took some pics of old planes and motorbikes and some stuffed animals!!! Today we went for a walk around the Roma street gardens, they are free to enter and very pretty. Full of tropical plants and art, influenced by plants or designed to fit within the landscap...