In Mission Beach we met Heather and Jacob a couple from warrington and on the bus we met Bianca from Switserland so we all stuck together. We stayed at Civic backpackers. We only had over night there so we just went for a rather long walk all the way down the beach to the rock pool and too where you can see the turtles swimming. Unnfortunatly we only saw one but never mind. Beacuse the hostel was so full me James and Bianca got our own deluxe room with a matress...

What more can I say other than WE DID A SKYDIVE!! We arrived at about 9pm but because I'd not been feeling too well we went straight to bed knowing we would be throwing ourselfs from a plane the next day. THE DAY OF THE SKYDIVE!!! Well both woke up not nervous at all, we booked in for the 12pm one so sat round the pool all morning waiting to be picked up. The hostel we stayed at was called Absolute Backpackers and it really was the nicest one we have stayed i...

Finally we have landed down under!! Well first impressions were'nt so great as the sky was black and it was pouring down with rain, alongside this we had to sit in the rain waiting for the shuttle to pick us up. However it didn't takelong before this all changed. We were staying at Global Backpackers on the waterfront. As we pulled up it really was not at all what we expected. The esplanade along the front of the ocean was full of lovely bars and restaurants, d...