We left Cairns on a high from finally getting to wiggle our toes in the sand. Little did we know that the best was yet to come! A six hour drive to Mission Beach was a pretty short drive to be honest. We are so used to driving extortionate distances a six hour drive is a little drive now. It still doesn't quite hit home that although we are on the last three pages of the map now it still takes six hours to drive a quarter of the page. Australia is BIG. Having he...

I can see the seaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh it is a wonderful sight! Azure blue water with white sandy shores....knowing quite well that November in Britannia involves rain, rain, more rain, quite a bit of wind, and well to be honest with you so does Cairns. Cairns, however is 35 degrees, the rain is warm, and as soon as the rain has gone the sun is shining his happy face once again. So, yes, Cairns is definately a better bet for No...