(19 January) Such an awesome day! Was up early to go on my great barrier reef tour! I did the Ocean Freedom one and it was really good. We went out to a bit of the reef and snorkelled for an hour or so, which was pretty class, although the visibility wasn't as good as other places I'd done it! After that I was exhausted haha, went back for a break and it was time for our introductory dive! I was terrified, actually nearly turned round and refused to do it when I...

(18 January) Had a wee lie in then went to Peter Pans - a travel agent type thing - to sort my life out! It was actually really good, the girl talked to me for a few hours and have me a really good idea of what I wanted to do for the first part of my trip! Booked loads of things like diving the great barrier reef and skydiving which put a bit of a dent in the budget though lol! Was good though, and got to use the Internet for a bit which was nice. Afterwards I c...

(17 January) Had a major lie in today and met a new girl in our dorm called Gwen, another Welsh one! She was really nice. Ended up signing up for a pub crawl on a party bus that night. Chilled at the pool for a bit with Gwen, Gunilla, Rachel and Tom, then headed back to the room to get ready for going out - the pub crawl started at 6:30!! We had a free bbq which was pretty cool. It was a good enough night, not massively exciting, there was about 7 girls there ha...

My flight arrived in at 4am this morning which wasn't the best craic, but I just slept at the airport for a few hours and it wasn't too bad! Got a free transfer to my hostel at 9, but couldn't check in, so went in search of food and had a wander around town! It's quite nice, but not like a normal city lol, seriously backpacker orientated, lots of food deals and travel shops everywhere! Was a little overwhelming! There isn't actually a beach but they have "the lag...