Well last night I hardly slept! I felt I was woken every hour! First of all by the girl on the bunk above me coming in from her night out, moving loads and then dropping her bag to the floor! I wasn't a happy bunny. I got to sleep though, and the next thing I know she is getting back down from her bunk making more noise. 10mins later she is going back up. So I got back to sleep once again and then was woken up by a huge crash and some guy walking around our room ...

Today's choices were scooter hire, jet ski hire, snorkelling or koala sanctuary. Being a Markham child I went for jet skiing and potentially snorkelling. Expensive paired with cheap. I got the bus to Horseshoe Bay, which coincidently a girl I met from the boat to Whitsundays got onto. I then had a wander and checked out the price of the jet ski. It was expensive but as the motto of my trip goes - you only live once, so I just had to do it. I haven't done it befo...

Today was another bus journey. It took a few hours but I used the opportunity to yet again catch up with the well needed sleep. We eventually turned up at Townsville - the area with the worlds highest rate of skin cance, due to the lack of ozone, so lots of sun cream! I then jumped on the ferry over to Magnetic Island where I made the most of a food voucher at my hostel. Since having food prepared for me on the boat I've now eaten out two nights in a row, so it...

Last night I couldn't brave the cold winds up on deck so ended up going back down to my bunk. But I still did fall asleep under the stars, if only for an hour! We were woken up nice and early by the sound of 1 Direction blasting through speakers. Not a great way to begin the day, but I was up. After a filling breakfast we kitted up and got in the water to do some snorkelling on the reef of the island we were parked up by. We had to wear a very attractive lookin...

Look up 'paradise' in the dictionary and all you'll see is a picture of Whitehaven Beach. It was the best view I've seen in Australia! Perfect white sand, crisp blue water. Just like the postcard! I was expecting the clouds to spoil the view but they didn't, they even seamed to add to the drama. Such an amazing place. The day started off with a walk to the boat, we all met up and boarded and before we new it we were out to sea! It took a while for my sea legs to...