Very early start today to be collected at 6.30 to go ... Wait for it.. Sky diving! After a very adventurous 3 hour drive to mission beach ( the driver didn't seem to have a clue where he was going or at time how to drive a coach) we arrived at the sky dive centre. On arrival we registered and watched the safety video. The registering process began to slow down as the weather closed in and rain and clouds took over the sky! My heart sank as they told us it wasn...

So yesterday was a chill out day. Lovely lie in followed by exploring cairns town before heading back to the hostel for dinner. All in all a relaxing day... Apart from being caught in a torrential downpour for the third time since we arrived in cairns. Today we headed to the barrier reef on the quicksilver boat. It was fantastic! Morning tea and biscuits aboard the boat then arriving at the pontoon where we collected out Lyra sting proof suits (unattractive thi...

Up early and uncle Brian's bus. We began the tour with an hours drive to Babinda Boulders. Whilst here we walked through the rain forest and man it was a RAIN forest... Unfortunately it rained most the day. This area had many many danger signs and notices of people who had lost their lives to the river below. The river, as the name suggests, homes an abundance of huge boulders. Aborigine legend tells the tale that a female from one tribe, betrothed to a male from...

Today's the day we fly to cairns. We got up early with no worries about tip toeing around the only room mate in bed (the other were up for work) as she came into the hostel at stupid o'clock making every single noise possible! Serves her right! Usually I'm very polite in dorms and we all understand that people will be coming and going at all times ... That's just how it is, but this case was just ridiculous! Any who we caught our shuttle bus to the airport and ...

The past two days have been pretty similar... We've had a bit of a lie in and then done some wondering around Sydney. This included a visit to Bondi... Unfortunately the chilly weather meant we didn't stay for long but we did have an amazing "tiger" pie from Harry's. World famous... It's a steak pie (amazing as it is) stacked with mash potato and mushy peas. Fantastic! By this point we are ready to love to cairns as I think we have exhausted all Sydney has t...