Hi everyone! We have had the most amazing three days exploring Fraser Island! I have to say this is the most remote place I have ever been and it gave us a real authentic Australian experience...I have over 30 bites to prove it eek! So we headed out of Debbie's Place early and went for our pre-departure safety briefing, which to be honest had me doubting exactly how prepared we were for camping on this kind of level..extreme to say the least! Here are the basi...

Greetings! Sitting in our chintz-errific motel room in Townsville after a cracking visit to Magnetic Island yesterday/today...... Mode of transport number 1: Greyhound (bus, not the dogs. we couldn't fit our backpacks onto their scrawny backs!). A mammoth 6 hour trip down from Cairns to Townsville. It was actually a pretty nice journey and we both slept loads the only downer was when the driver (in his autumn years bless him) insisted on playing a DVD of Congo ...

Ahoy! Today has been one of the best days of our lives...the Great Barrier Reef is absolutely amazing!!! We woke up early at the B&B and made our way back into Cairns to drop off the hire car, after this we walked to the esplanade and were lucky enough to make it onto the Sunlovers Reef Cruise, which wasn't setting off until 10am! This was a great company and they really looked after us all day even doing a line up wave off when we left the boat! So gettin...

Greetings from Queensland! Local temperature approximately 30 degrees…humidity….80% Yey we have internet! I am so happy that we are able to update you all on the first part of our travels, this place is absolutely amazing! I am certain I am going to be using that word more and more over the next few weeks so I apologise in advance for all the happy adjectives I am about to use. After a really quick flight of 3 ½ hours we landed in Cairns airport and it w...