after Kroombit we took the bus again up to Airlie beach where we stayed in a hostel called beaches which was really nice because we got upgraded to a double room. yay:) we went out with josie and a bunch of ginger girls from sheffield that me and jess affectionately call the "rangas" (as in ozzie slang for gingers-> orangatang-> ranga) out of ear shot of course. the next night we moved hostels because we had a free night at koalas hostel with our boating trip. our geordie mates were staying there too so we had a sleepover. airlie beach was really touristy and just a high street made for backpackers. and we cant go in the sea anymore coz we're too far north and theres loads of deadly jelly fish and octopi. instead there was an outside swimming pool lagoon thingy everyone has named the "shagoon" as the contents of the pool is only about 20% water and 80% semen. airlie beach is the std and bed bug capital of australia. gross.

from Airlie beach we did our 2 day 2 night boat trip round the whit sunday islands on a boat with 80 people which was sold to our mates as an absolute shag fest/ party boat. it was actually quite chilled out but fun nonetheless. we were on the same boat as josie, david and simon-my temporary craig replacement- they're so alike. we visited white haven beach where the sand is 97% pure silica so its really good for cleaning jewellery. there we just sunbathed and did a bit of snorkelling which wasnt great but we saw some weird sand shark. the next day we went snorkelling on the great barrier reef which was pretty cool but no where near as impressive as it apparently used to be as its a bit knackered from all the tourism. its meant to be extinct by 2030:( the last night me and josie and simon got super drunk and went to bed at about 10:30 coz we are the life and soul of the party. jess was copping off with david;) keep that on the down low.

when we returned to airlie we all stayed another two nights. me and jess were sharing a room with 6 boys. bit gross. and one of them was really weird and never spoke to anyone and farted REALLY loudly in his sleep. absolute weirdo. i also had another drama with barclays and they just merrily decided to block my card for security reasons even though i had notified them where i was etc. i spent 35 dollars trying to sort it out. simon (craig the 2nd) saved the day as he had LOADS of credit. would have been totally screwed without him. apparently it wont happen again. me and barclays are NOT mates.