We arrived in Cairns fairly late, just missing the free shuttle to the hostel. After a half hour wait at the bus station we got taken to the hostel (via just about every back street as it was the driver's first day), arriving just 5 minutes after they stopped the all you can eat buffet! (David was not impressed!) We instead had a quiet dinner around the corner before heading home for the night.The next morning we woke up early and walked to the city centre. It wa...

We started the penultimate leg of our journey North early on a cold morning (But not too early to have a hearty breakfast!). Our overly chatty bus driver Jarrod ensured the 8 hour trip did not pass as quickly as it perhaps might have, even given Arun and David's ipods barely lasting to the exit gate of the bus station. After a pleasent stop for lunch we arrived at Mission beach, a farely quite town that seems to only welcome non-locals to partake in one of the ma...

We arrived in Airlie beach on the bus from Hervey Bay. We checked in with the Boat Company, before making our way, via a bakery for elevens', to the Dock. Here, we climbed aboard our home for the next 3 days, the stunning sail boat, The S.V. Whitehaven. We made our way by engine to Whitsunday Island, mooring just off the shore, and travelling by Dingy to the beach. Here we went on a short rainforest stroll, during which, Alex licked an Ant's bum, which we are ass...

Its been a while , and we had a few minutes spare, so we thought we'd take the opportunity to post an uneventful blog from surfer's paradise on the Gold Coast. A short train ride from Brisbane is a stunning stretch of beach, suprisingly the haunt of many a surfer. The whole town is geared towards beach activity, so this is where we spent 5 relaxing days, bathing carefree in the sun, frollicking in the water and occasionaly throwing a rugby ball around.Given that ...

After returning to Brisbane back from surfers, we decided to book our train ticket straight up to Cairns from a STA travel agent, this proved to be harder then we thought! from a $300 train ticket we managed to purchase a $500 ticket tour of the east coast visting Fraser Island for a 3 day safari then travelling up to the Whitsundays for another 3 day boating cruise then eventually ending up in Cairns on the 11th! we decided this would be a better option and allo...