Hervey Bay - 22nd July Arrived at the bus station and booked in to a hostel.Walked along the Esplanade where the shops and restaurants are quite spaced out.Had lunch and then walked to the shopping centre to buy some essentials.A long walk and a not very inspiring shopping centre at the end, however, all was not lost as we signed into the local RSL club and had a few games of Keno (more complicated form of Bingo or Lotto really!)Sat there with the wrinklies a...

AirlieBeach, WhitsundayIslands - 16th July Had an early flight on a propeller plane to HamiltonIsland where we were able to benefit from the great views of the islands and see the different colours in the ocean around the reefs.The reef runs for 2300 km from Cairns to Bundaberg. Darted from the airport to a nearby a ferry in the habour.However, it was going nowhere and luckily we got spotted and shown to the right ferry!We had a trip across to ShuteHarbour tha...

Cairns - 15th July We were picked up from Jungle Lodge and got the bus back in to Cairns.About a four hour trip which actually seemed longer, but there was fantastic lush scenery along the way.We had pre-booked a hostel and were delighted to find that it was stylish, clean and comfortable.We walked into town and had a leisurely stroll along the esplanade.Cairns is smaller than we thought, but colourful and lively. There is no beach to speak of, however, there ...

11th July Another overnight flight, so arrived early in Cairns.We got the bus to Port Douglas which is a small pretty town by the coast, with the prettiest small timber church in Aus.Lunch at a working man's club listening to the lady on the mike calling out for the pokies and raffle!However, no warm beer and pies here. We sat outside on the jetty, overlooking the mountains, across a crystal blue bay and shared a bucket of massive prawns and variety of wines. ...

Singapore - 9-11 July 9th July After a long tiring flight we arrived in Singapore at 8 am where we were met by Stephen's old school friend, Dean. Our first glimpse of the city was on the 15 minute taxi ride back to Dean's apartment that he shares with his long term partner, Ben and their 2 year old daughter, Jasmine (who is absolutely gorgeous at 2 years old and after warming up and getting used to us is quite cheeky) . First impressions were of a clean, green ...