So this is it, my East Coast Australia trip is over! 3 months 4 cities Many towns A few islands 19 hostels 1 flat (courtesy of Rachel Mc) 1 house (thanks to Kathleen and Paddy) 1 Cattle Ranch 1 Campsite 3 Boats Lots of beautiful sights So many amazing friends And an incredible amount of happy memories!!! I have had the most awesome (yes I'm still using that word) time travelling the East Coast. I really can't believe I was so nervous to do it alone ...

From Mission Beach we took a detour to the Tablelands which is an area in the rainforest full of gorgeous waterfalls and pretty lakes. We stopped and had a swim in Millaa Millaa which is the waterfall from the Peter Andre Mysterious Girl music video (if you don't know it youtube it, it's stunning), then we headed off to a huge lake full of little turtles. The water was a lot warmer as the previous waterfall was in the shade, a few of us swam in it but as it's hig...

After leaving Airlie Beach I headed to Townsville to get the ferry to a beautiful island called Magnetic Island, Maggie Island to the locals. It was absolutely picturesque. I have to admit I really didn't do a lot, what with the money situation I was happy to just sunbake by the pool at the resort all day and drink and dance on the beach in the evenings. The resort we were staying in was really cool, we stayed in little wooden huts practically on the beach. It w...

From Kroombit Cattle Ranch I headed to Airlie Beach which is the sleepy little town that you sail the Whitsundays from. The Whitsundays are a group of 72 beautiful islands that Captain Cook discovered in 1770, he actually discovered them on a Monday but didn't realise that because of the time difference so named them the Whitsundays - it has more of a ring to it than Whitmondays anyway. A group of 25 of us boarded the British Defender, an ex racing boat now a sa...

After leaving Rainbow Beach I headed into the Outback to a Cattle Station that lets tourists see what life as a Cowboy (or Ringer as they call it) is really like. Somewhere between stopping for breakfast and getting to Kroombit my purse went missing. I had just been paid cash in hand from Rainbow beach and lost around 500 pound in cash plus all my cards, ID, etc. Things are being sorted out and my lovely parents are lending me money (which is what I didn't want t...