Whitsundays Sailing Trip on the New Horizon Boat 26/01/2009 - 28/01/2009 We had to meet at Abel point, Airlie Beach at 2:40pm and as usual we were running late. We put our backpacks away into storage and on the way down to the marina bought some beer for our trip! It was so hot and as we were all laden with cans of beer and ice cubes we arrived slightly late looking red faced! Not long after arriving our guide, Dave, gathered us together to introduce himself. ...

8/01/09 Brisbane to Noosa After spending about a week in Brisbane and meeting our friend and new addition to the travelling clan we felt it was time to move on further up the east coast. We have booked a hop on hop off bus pass to take us all the way up to Cairns with Premier. They were far cheaper than the Greyhound service although there are fewer daily services but this doesnt really matter. The bus journey took only a couple of hours and compared to s...

8/01/09 Brisbane to Noosa After spending about a week in Brisbane and meeting our friend and new addition to the travelling clan we felt it was time to move on further up the east coast. We have booked a hop on hop off bus pass to take us all the way up to Cairns with Premier. They were far cheaper than the Greyhound service although there are fewer daily services but this doesnt really matter. The bus journey took only a couple of hours and compared to s...

31/12/08 New Years Eve Having been out the night before till quite late we were all quite sleepy and tired. Mel had returned from some shopping about 2pm to find Caz and I still in bed! Whilst she had been out she had spoken to several people about tonight and getting to watch the fireworks from the quayside. We had wrongly been told my our hostel reception that it was fine to walk down leisurely at 8pm ready for the midnight display. However the story now was ...