We decided to go to Cape Tribulation deep in the rainforest of Australia, so we could experience something else in OZ other than beaches!! The Daintree rainforest is apparently the oldest rainforest in the world, although not the biggest. Our tour started off from Cairns and onto the well known beach resort of Port Douglas, known for its rich, affluent, estates and its four mile long beach. The weather wasnt that great however, so it didnt look as impressive...

Cairns is in the tropical north of OZ, so the weather was much more humid than what we had experienced so far. Cairns is right in the middle of the Great Barrier Reef, so the sea looked gorgeous and it was so clear, when we flew out of Australia over the sea we could see the reef at the bottom, right down to the sea bed!! It was really beautiful. We didnt do an awful lot in Cairns as we used it as a base to go to the rainforest up north, to sort everything ...

We headed to Mission Beach just for one night, mainly to have a little rest at this quiet resort and to check out the damage that was left behind from a massive cyclone that here about 6 weeks ago. Mission Beach is based right next to a rainforest, so it heralded the return of the dreaded mozzies and lots of bugs!! We had a gecko in our room when we went to bed, affectionately called 'Gary' by Dan! Being to scared to pick it up, we left him there on the cei...

After spending one night in Airlie Beach preparing for our much anticipated sailing trip, we headed off the next day on our Maxi racing yacht, called Hammer. We spent two days and two nights sailing around the absolutely gorgeous Whitsundays islands. There are about 74 of the islands in total, based right on the southern edge of the Great Barrier reef. We spent the first afternoon relaxing onboard and helping the crew sail the boat. The Maxi racing yachts ar...

After spending very little time in rainbow beach, mostly due to bad weather conditions, we headed off on an unscheduled bus to Hervey Bay, where our Fraser Island adventure was to begin. After spending two nights in Hervey Bay (koalas resort) building up to our adventure, and eating too much chineese--all u can eat!!, we headed off very early the next morning to Fraser Island. A long meeting was held the night before where we met our 11 strong group who woul...