Hello people! After a three day hiatus I am back to describe the fun and games on our trip to Fraser Island! We had a very early start on Saturday morning to be briefed on safe camping and driving on Fraser Island before being divided into our groups for the duration of the trip. There were two groups of seven (the other group comprised of six lads who pretty much drank heavily the entire time and one very lovely girl called Lisa - poor thing!) and ours was Jim,...

G'day folks! We've arrived at Hervey Bay after our 12 hour Greyhound trip (arriving at 6am - we're knackered!). The journey went surprisingly fast and we did get to watch two films: Hideous Kinky (rubbish) and Little Miss Sunshine (excellent) so that killed some time. Hervey Bay isn't much of a picture postcard place to be honest, there's a beach and a strip of shops and cafes but it's nowhere near as pretty as Airlie Beach. It seems like the entire place is onl...

Hello people! We're back on dry land again after an amazing three day sailing trip around the Whitsunday Islands! I feel so relaxed now... We set off from Abel Point Marina at Airlie Beach on Tuesday lunch time and boarded the SV Whitehaven with 22 other passengers and three crew members. After settling into the sailing we dropped anchor at Caves Cove at Hook Island where we got to go snorkelling in the Great Barrier Reef. It was absolutely beautiful - the reef ...

I think we're gradually getting used to Australia! We left Magnetic Island this morning, getting the ferry to Townsville, before getting on the Greyhound for five hours down to Airlie Beach. Not a lot to report really, I finished my book on the way (Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami if you're at all interested, which is doubtful) and Jim listened to my ipod as his has packed up - gutted! As we travel further down the East Coast we like it here more and more. It ...

We're still on Magnetic Island and, thankfully, we've had a much better day here than yesterday. I had the best night's sleep I've had since the capsule hotel in Tokyo so Jim didn't have to drag a comatosed girl around with him today. This morning we hired bikes so we could see more of the island on our own terms. However, in the space of exactly one minute I managed to fall off mine like a complete idiot (it was too big for me!). But I soldiered on with a blood...