Hello all! Before we got to Fraser island we attended a meeting with Ryan who was a darling man whom we all adored. His sweet nature, distinct lack of name-calling and patience was appreciated by everyone of us. We didn't nearly get in a fight with him and his wife IS a lucky, lucky girl......Thanks Ry. So we got up at about 6am and made our way to the garage in order to collect or 4x4 and equipement for the excursion. After making our way to the barge we we...

Yo! Sharon is doing the blog for Fraser Island, we are putting pictures on from everyone in a couple of weeks, and I'm sure Nick, Faye and the gang will put more on from Cairns and the rest of their trip.Just a bit from Airlie beach for now. It is a bit strange here, but we had a lot of laughs. We arrived at 6am last week sometime (days are a blur, sorry), and checked into a massive dorm, complete with a couple of other travellers. We went on a 3 day sailing ...

YO! Just a short blog to let you know that Cairns is a cool little place, although it reminds me a bit of most European holiday resorts. The MAJOR difference are the tours and things to see. Replace beaches with lagoons and rubbish bars with Crocodile steak houses, and you are nearly there. We started the day with being ripped off today, when the English manager of a shocking hostel REFUSED to refund our money for a room we didn't stay in. But easy come and easy ...