We made it to Cairns! Final destination on this leg of the trip! And as if to give us something to remember them by, Greyhound decided to present us with a shocker of a last bus journey. The bus was an hour late leaving Townsville, and broke down about half an hour later, leaving us waiting yet another hour for a replacement....lovely. We couldn't fault the Greyhound all the way to Brisbane, but its been disastrous ever since! But anyway, we made it and ...

Once again, the intrepid travellers have returned, and are back safe and sound on dry land. And, I'm sure you will be pleased to hear, with big smiles on our faces!! Turns out the weather wasn't so bad after all... When we left on Monday afternoon it was still horrid, we spent the 2 hour journey to our resort on South Molle Island inside the boat while some of the hardier passengers braved the drizzle. We then got soaked to the skin walking to the cockta...

Today we are off on our sailing trip of the Whitsunday Islands. Two days on board a catamaran sailing the islands, with two nights in an island resort. Normally, I'd be ecstatic by now, but unfortunately, the weather has taken a bit of a turn for the worse. Yesterday's lovely sunshine interspersed with frequent showers has become constant, drizzly rain. Its still warm, but 8/8ths cloudy and very, very damp! Before we were worried whether there'd be enough ro...

So, here we are in Airlie Beach, gateway to the Whitsunday Islands. We arrived here this afternoon from Rockhampton, our mid-way stop between Hervey Bay and Airlie. We didn't really do much with the rest of our time in Hervey Bay, just relaxed in the hostel, watched a bit of telly, caught up on Australian Big Brother! (sad I know). We even saw the comedian that we saw in Melbourne on a comedy programme, so we were very impressed! Rockhampton was a nice littl...

We have returned! At about 4pm yesterday we returned to dry land, safe and sound and none the worse (physically!) for our camping experience!! Fraser Island was amazing. Its a really incredible looking place, the lakes and the beaches are just spectacular. Unfortunately, the weather's not quite so good but more of that later! Our trip started bright and early on Sunday - 5.45am to be exact! We had get into our groups, and then check all the equipment of...