Captains Log: Star Date 12.02.05 Airlie Beach, or Airlie no beach...there isnt actually a beach here but there is a lagoon type swimming pool much like the one in Cairns here, so some restbite from the mid day heat! Its still really hot over here, despite the weather saying thunder storms are coming the next day-this never seems to really materialise and has been pretty darn hot most of our stay. Havent actually been doing much sunbathing, so the tan i...

Captains Log: Star Date 10.12.05 Hello all : ) Glad to see the messages on the board, its lovely to read them all when I check it... Just thought I'd add a quick one to say I spent a few days in Townsville, we went to the aquraium-as you can see by the piccie of nemo (the only pic I got of the aquarium as my camera batteries ran out straight after this one! Doofus!) It was cool they had a nemo sign next to all the fish and other animals found in the fil...

Captains Log. Star Date 06.02.05 Mission Beach, well technically not becasue I am 4km away from mission beach, and actually staying at Wongaling beach, but off to Mission Beach later this afternoon. Just wanted to post the piccies I took early this morning of the sunrise. Wongaling beach is absolutley beautiful, 14km of beach and you can see dunk isalnd from it (a holiday resort about 4.5km away) I woke up at 5.00am and woke Tom up (mu ha haaaa!) and we s...

Captains Log: Star Date 04.02.05 Well...Innisfail...where do I begin!?? Firstly by saying that if you are ever in Queensland and think it might be fun to stay at a hostel that gets you work fruit picking on a banana farm...think again! Or don't go with the leaflets you see in Cairns!!!! We got picked up by Steve, the hostel owner, which was good as didnt have to trek around with the ol' backus packus...however did leave us somewhat at Steves mercy! So the ...

Captains Log Star Date 03.02.05 Wow! February already! Thats come around quickly!! Anyway, just killing some time in the t'internet place before we head out of Cairns and down to Innisfail, we are off to do some fruit picking, (banana's incase you were wondering) as is on the 'to do' list for all travellers in Oz! We're doing it for a week and then we're going to head down the coast. We have decided to get down the coast on the buses, the ticket we have boug...