Once again, this website believes that the Whitsundays does not exist and the only place in Oz is Mission beach! So we apologise for the wrong blog name, this is fro the Whitsundays!! 1st September 2009 - HAPPY 22ND BIRTHDAY SIMON! YAAAAY!!! We pent the beginning of the day just relaxing by the lagoon and being bitten alive by sand flies- my count got up to 27 bites before i got annoyed and gave up! - joined by Carol and Chris and went shopping so Simon could g...

This is actually a blog for Airlie Beach - for some reason this site is under the impression that neither Airlie beach or Whitsundays exist so I've had to use the wrong name! :) Anyways... Said goodbye to Lauren, Jo and Dan at Townsville as they're travelling on the Greyhound buses and agreed to meet them in Airlie. We beat them there so checked us all into a 10bed drom at Magnums backpackers. I can't for the life of me remember who oue driver was but we did ...

Arrived at Base hostel on Magnetic Island after a half hour ferry journey from Townsville. The journey was ok, we had a small oz bus which was really cramped but luckily we got the front seats so Simon got a bit more leg room. Our 2nd driver was Scooter and he was a really cool, surfer kind of guy, very entertaining! Met Jo, Lauren and Dan at the hostel, they spent last night in Townsville and said it was horrible, like a council estate, so glad we didnt waste a...

Set off on our first Oz bus with our driver, Thunder at 7am from Cairns. Our first stop was Babinda boulders which was very impressive to see but at 8am is was just a little too early to fully appreciate it! Our next stop was Innisfail where we got a McDonalds brekkie yum yum and then it was on to the Johnstone River Crocodile park. It was only $14 to get in and the first thing we got to do was kangaroo feeding. Even though we've done it before this time their wa...

1st August 2009 and we finally touch down in Australia! But what a horrible journey to get here! An absolutely horrible flight that included 2 bratty children climbing out chairs and tickling Simons armpits and a 2hour stop over at Darwin at 3am! Just as we were checking into Caravellas backpackers it started to rain. So really not a good start to our Oz adventure! For the next few days the weather was pretty bad still so we spent our days planning what to do n...