Tuesday 26th February Yesterday we sailed passed lots of islands as we entered the Great Barrier Reef marine park. Today we are anchored just off the northern coast of Queensland. It is very, very hot and sunny today - the temperature is about 37 degrees. We took the ship's tender over to a place called Yorkeys k*** and then went by coach through Kuranda village to the Rainforestation Park. We got on a WW I I army duck for a trip in the rainforest both on land ...

Sunday 24th February As we left Sydney Harbour at midnight on Friday the captain had already warned us that we were going straight into gale force winds. He was absolutely right and there was a large swell all through the night and all day yesterday. At times yesterday the gusts reached hurricane force! So lots of movement on the ship and a very grey sea for most of the day. It's hard to believe we are just of the coast of Australia! It was warm though but the ...