First of all we must say we have had real problems with web cafes in Oz, hence lack of photos, none of them have been letting them upload them. We went on our boat trip to the barrier reef on Tuesday. Unfortunetly the weather continued to be bad, rain and black clouds. The boat trip out to the reef was very rough, luckily we both had taken travel sickness pills, but most other people were really sick. The staff were running round with sick bags for everyone, e...

We arrived into Cairns and felt like we had stepped into a sauna. It was so hot and sticky, but also black skies, not what we were hoping for. Its been chucking it down and found out its the end of the monsoon season. We decided to chill out today, monday, and managed to catch a few rays between showers. Cairns is fairly small, and is a base for trips to the reef. We were surprised to see that the sea here isnt blue but looks dirty brown, not sure if thats due to...