Busy day today and an early start. At 8am we boarded the Compass cruise boat and set sail for the Outer Great Barrier reef.the journey took about 2hours,but was happily filled with talks on the reef,on snorkelling and scuba diving,and lazing in the sun on deck. Our first stop we all got changed into the very fetching wetsuits,flippers and mask provided and swam out about 80m to the reef. i ended up swimming out with one of th crew members of the boat,which was gr...

This morning i arrived in Cairns, Queensland (apologises for inaccuracy of map again...but whatever it says i am in Cairns) Not much to report yet,lovely hot weather,not so sunny today though but it's meant to be back again tomorrow-hooray!am in a 4-share room at my hostel which is basic but nice.there's one other person in my room with me at the moment,but i've not met them yet. Today I am exploring the town,and tomorrow is my Great Barrier Reef cruise during th...