G'day Guys!We arrived in Cairns, on Tuesday 17th, to bright blue skies and sunshine. After a trek across the city in the 30 degree heat we checked into Cairns Central YHA, our home for the next fortnight. We spent our first few days in Cairns walking around the city and chilling out at the lagoon. ??We then decided to take ourselves off to explore Cairns' Northern Beaches. We caught a bus out of the city and headed 30km north to Palm Cove. This is a sleep...

Hello!We were picked up by Matt, our tour guide, at 7am, and after a quick stop at Port Douglas for the rest of the group we headed north along the Captain Cook Highway, where lush farmland contrasts with seascape, and we soon arrived in Mossman, at the majestic Daintree River. After morning tea, it was ALL ABOARD, for our informative Daintree River cruise. We cruised down the river, checking out the local bird and plant life, and keeping our eyes peeled for lurk...

Hi Guys!!We arrived in Mission Beach on Sunday afternoon, and were picked up from the bus stop and driven the 7kms to the Treehouse YHA. This hostel is situated in the heart of the rainforest, and literally is a treehouse. We had 2 nights here to chill out and recoup, after a busy few weeks up the coast. There is not much to do in Mission Beach, so our days were spent lazing around the hostel, but couldn't work on our tans due to it being the usual 30 degrees...

Hello!Thursday, we left Airlie Beach, and after a coach, a ferry and a bus journey we finally arrived at Bungalow Bay YHA, Magnetic Island. Here we had our own ensuite cabin, called the Penthouse - Nice!! We settled in and made it just in time for the rainbow lorikeets feeding. The ranger passed Emma a bowl of food, and before she knew it she had hundreds of birds all over her - not quite what she expected. Friday, today we were up early for our bush tucker brunc...

G'day Guys!Saturday 7th April, we checked into our Pacific Star sailng trip at 6:30pm, and were soon led onto the catamaran by the 2 Tom's, our dive instructors. We were introduced to Shane, our skipper, and Hayley, our boat mom. We soon sailed out of the harbour, under a blanket of stars, to our first destination - a passage between Hook Island and Whitsunday Island, the 2 largest of the 74 islands. Shane assured us we'd get a good night's sleep ...