So, Im 2000 kilometres down the coast and have reached Brisbane - the third largest city in Australia. My first night here was spent with my dad's cousin, Peter, and his family, which was a really nice change from nights at hostels. We went up Mount Coot-tha and had a great view of nighttime Brisbane followed by a trip down the river on a CityCat ferry (at least I think that's what you call it). I was exhausted from having travlled down from Hervey Bay and had a ...

One word. Wow. This has definately been one of the highlights of the holiday so far. This island is absolutely amazing. I spent two days on Fraser Island - the largest sand island in the world. The first started off a bit bleak. It was overcast, quite cold, i was tired and hungry, things were not looking good. That quickly changed though. After a cup of tea (one of about a million consumed in the space of 48 hours), the sun came out, sorta, which made me feel a l...

Hey guys, just a really quite note to let you know what's happening. I just arrived this morning to Hervey Bay from Airlie Beach. I had a great couple of days of sailing up there, aboard the Siska. The Whitsundays were amazing, with the most beautiful beach - Whitehaven beach. Then a 13 hour bus journey to get me here. Things are very quiet here - it's basically just a gateway to Fraser Island. Which is where I'm going tomorrow for a 2 day tour. Looks like fun, a...

I've popped down the coast a bit (another 5 hours on the bus), and I'm now in Airlie beach - gateway to the Whitsundays. Now, any time I've mentioned Australia, or asked about what's good to do, I've been told that I absolutely have to go to sail the Whitsundays. Everyone says it. So that's what I'm gonna do. I'm booked for a 2 day 1 night trip aboard the sailing ship siska (i think that's its name), where i'll be taken to all the great beaches etc. of the island...

Well, I'm back from my second liveaboard trip on the reef. It wasn't exactly the plan to do that when I was coming down here, but plans change, and that's the beauty of travelling on my own. I do what I want, when I want. And that was more diving. All in all, I got another 10 dives in the 3 days, including 2 night dives, a specialist navigation dive, 2 wreck dives on the S.S. Yongala, which was absolutely fantastic, and 5 day dives. The reefs were fantastic, even...