Day 80 - We had a nice early wake up from the VERY noisy birds outside our room so packed up and caught the shuttle bus back to the greyhound stand. Despite our sadness at leaving the wonders of Rockie, we realised we had subconsciously purchased rock related items - Rocky Road Cadburys and Rock Cakes, we must have been missing the place, so ate our snacks while watching the truely awful K-Pax and New in Town. After a stop at Gin Gin we drove through Bundaberg be...

Day 78 ctd - We left our boat and caught the shuttle back to Airlie Beach. We were both hungry so went to the store and bought a hawaiian pizza to cook later before going to Peter Pan's internet to catch up with people. Once back at the hostel we realised actually a pizza required an oven, something the Beaches Hostel lacked, and so Olivia took charge of microwaving the lovely thing (it turned out to be suprisingly okay). After this we went for ice cream at McDon...

Day 79 ctd - Arriving early evening in Rockhampton we caught the shuttle bus to the basic Rockhampton Backpackers where we found our bunks before exploring the area. The area was essentially large industrial estate type buildings so we had a creepy walk in the dark through the empty streets to Woolworths for a little food shopping before checking out the culinary delights of Red Rooster with its oh so helpful staff. To quote Olivia - 'Rockhampton Rocks!'.

Day 78 - Another day, another boat trip. After our free breakfast at Beaches we walked up to catch the shuttle bus to Abel Point where we got on board our boat and drank tea and ate biscuits as we cruised out through the clouds and only a hint of rain to the Whitsundays. After picking up more people at Daydream Island our first stop was Hamilton Island where we stood in the somewhat heavy rain as Catherine fed bread to the big fish underneath us. The glasss botto...

Day 77 ctd - Once in Airlie Beach we found Beaches Hostel and put our bags in the dorm before setting off to research day trips to the Whitsundays. We were spoilt for choice but finally managed to pick Cruise Whitsundays before eating delicious fishcakes and chips on the beach with the seagulls (we have yet to risk the fish and chips of Spanish mackerel), Olivia had a go on the swings and we walked around the pretty seafront before finding some places with free i...