Rockhampton from what I had read was going to be like the Wild West of Australia so I was instantly quite disappointed when I arrived and there weren't saloons full of cowboys ready for showdowns on the dusty streets outside. Instead it was a fairly standard city full of places advertising the best steak in town as it is the beef capital of australia and the only relation to the wild west was the fact that every radio station you could tune in to played nothing ...

After my night awake on Maggie island it was a pretty tiring journey down to Airlie Beach and once I got there it was straight into bed for a quick nap. Never really woke up fully so didn't make it out for the night but got a good nights sleep instead for the sailing trip the next day. We had booked a 3 day trip to the Whitsunday Islands which is 74 islands just a little way from the mainland. The weather wasn't as bright and sunny as I had hoped in the morni...

The first leg of the journey was all pretty simple apart from Rich struggling to find 3rd gear and being attracted to 1st instead but luckily I was wearing my seatbelt for the rather jerky ride! We stopped midway on the journey to see Mission Beach but I think we went to the wrong end as it didn't look as impressive as I expected. And of course we couldn't even go in the water as it is still jellyfish season. We arrived in Townsville just as it was getting dar...

G'day mate! Time to put on the thongs, whack out the esky, grab a few tinnies and then head out for a barbie! Oh yes I've arrived down under and that was my terrible attempt at the Aussie lingo! Two nights I ended up spending in airports and Singapore being extra security conscious woke me up when I was sleeping in the terminal to check my passport and ticket but instead of just one security guard I had 6 security guards standing around me, all with pistols and...