We got to Cairns pretty late in the evening, so by the time we checked in we were fairly tired and hungry. There were some lads in our room who had already started pre-drinking and we knew they weren't going to be a quiet bunch! We decided to go to Ladies Night downstairs at the hostel and got ourselves some free drinks before heading to bed. Unfortunately, as we'd predicted they weren't quiet and decided to have a party in our room at 4am with all their friends....

Magnetic Island has to be my favourite place we've been too! It's so beautiful and relaxed, and just feels like paradise really. We got the very early bus from Airlie where it was pouring with rain. So we were a bit soggy as we had to walk to the bus station. We got dropped off in Townsville before catching the ferry over to the Island. I still wasn't feeling well and being back on water did not ease my tummy... It wasn't a long journey though, we hopped on the I...

So the bad weather seems to be following us... We finally got to Airlie Beach after the night bus which was very long and very uncomfortable! Had a short walk with all our luggage to our hostel. We stayed at Magnums which was cool cause the rooms were little huts in a rainforest setting! Thankfully, there was a free room for the few of us who arrived so we could go straight in rather than waiting around for hours. I think everyone went back to bed for a bit to tr...

We loved Agnes Water, I think it helped we had such a cool hostel! If you go, stay at 1770 Beachside Backpackers. The staff were so friendly and helpful, the rooms were nice and it had a great atmosphere in the evenings with everyone sitting around laughing and drinking. Our first night we got there, there was a BBQ on which made things easier due to arriving quite late. Hannah, who we met at Fraser, was staying at our hostel so we all had a room together which w...

We got to Rainbow Beach and checked in at Pippie's hostel, which seemed like a very hippy place! Wasn't one of the better hostels we've been at... Tiny room and a bit grubby, but only there for one night so we made do. We grabbed some lunch before heading down to the beach to see the rainbow cliffs (hence where the name comes from!). It was pretty windy and a bit chilly so we wandered back onto the main road and got some dinner and wine for the evening. We very q...