01/06/10 Tanya's Sean was due to return from work later in the afternoon so we decided to head slightly north of Brisbane to the Glass house mountains, allowing them to have a time together. After giving the house a quick clean we hit the Bruce and stopping off at a music shop to look for a bongo for James2. The music shop was like a musician's wet dream; I immediately grabbed a guitar and sat down next to an expensive electric drum kit, James and I had a bit ...

21/05/10 An overcast morning spoilt the sunrise at around 6.00, during the night the rain had drenched the tent so we had to pack it way wet and erect it again at a later time. We only had ginger biscuits for breakfast because even though we carefully wrapped the eggs up in tissue as well as the box, they cracked open due to the impact they inflicted on yesterdays off roading action. 8.00 It took us about twenty minutes to drive to the ferry point, as we a...

11/05/10 7.00 We woke up and strolled out onto the beach had breakfast before driving back to the Raging Thunder Cafe in Tully. We were bundled onto a bus and told by a witty rafting instructor named Vinnie to introduce ourselves to everyone and choose your own groups. The two girls in front of us turned around and asked if they could raft with us; Shevonne a 24 year old from Ireland and Becky a 19 year old form Sweden seemed friendly enough so we agreed. Rich...

Australia - Coastal Queensland 01/05/10 Woke up ridiculously early so packed up my stuff and caught up with the blog, so far I've written over 55,000 words which in Calibri font type 11 amounts to 95 pages. 14.10 We strolled out of Legasbi airport and towards our Cebu Pacific flight; Mount Mayon seemed only to be a few hundred metres away from the runway - dangerously close for an active volcano. The one hour flight literally flew by and we were back in Man...

Australia - Coastal Queensland 01/05/10 Woke up ridiculously early so packed up my stuff and caught up with the blog, so far I've written over 55,000 words which in Calibri font type 11 amounts to 95 pages. 14.10 We strolled out of Legasbi airport and towards our Cebu Pacific flight; Mount Mayon seemed only to be a few hundred metres away from the runway - dangerously close for an active volcano. The one hour flight literally flew by and we were back in Man...