I had to catch the 6.30am bus from 1770 which got me to Rainbow Beach from 12.30pm. I checked in and headed to our Fraser Island meeting in the hostel. I met all the members of our group, watched a safety video and we went through what we needed. After the meeting I went on a free walk which was run by the hostel with some of the girls from my room. It was a steep climb through some residential properties before we arrived at the Carlo Sand Blow, but the walk wa...

The overnight bus from Airlie Beach to 1770 seemed to take forever, it was freezing and for the majority of the journey it was wet and windy! I did not sleep well at all. The hostel picked me up from the Greyhound stop and took me to the hostel. It is a little bit out of town but had a really nice atmosphere and all the rooms had no keys (at least I did not have to worry about loosing my key). There were no nearby shops and I did not have much food on me so a gi...

It rained for most of the journey from Townsville to Airlie Beach and when we arrived it was tipping it down. A group of us all huddled under the bus shelterand ended up calling a taxi as it was raining too much to walk. I met up with 2 girls I met on Magnetic Island Leah and Kim and we headed to the bar next to the hostel to get something to eat and drink. Laura and Frida who I met on the bus also joined us along with Misha and later that evening Emma who I met...

I caught the Greyhound bus to Townsville and got dropped off at the ferry terminal so I could catch the ferry to Magnetic Island. I bumped into a couple I met in Cairns and we happened to be staying in the same hostel so caught the ferry together and then the bus to the hostel. The hostel had a great location on the beach, but unfortunately the weather was not great as it was cloudy and quite windy. On the bus to the hostel I also met 3 other girls who were trav...

After checking out of my hostel in Cairns at the crack of dawn I waited to be picked up to do my skydive. The weather was pants and it did not look hopefull and sure enough someone turned up to tell us it had been cancelled. I (as well as a few other people waiting) had already booked accomodation in Mission Beach for the night so somehow needed to get there as the skydive company would not take us. I managed to book a space on the greyhound bus and arrived in M...