How can a day get much better, got up at 7 for my free pancakes, got picked up at 8, flown up to 14,000feet over frasier island, jumped out of the plane, landed on rainbow beach, got back to the hostel, watched the dvd of the jump just in time for 10. got picked up again and taken to wolf rock to dive with the nurse sharks! The sky dive was incredible, i couldnt get the grin off my face the whole way up in the plane, my stomach did lurch a bit when they open the...

Rainbow beach is one of the places to get to Fraser from so that is the main reason people are here but there's a bit going on, since there is only really this one main hostel, dingo's, with everyone going across to Fraser its pretty lively. Went Dolphin Kayaking yesterday, bloody hard work but worth it, saw a manta ray and a pretty big pod of dolphins nearby, came swimming under the kayaks and stuff, really nice. tried to surf the wave back in but we caught it...

Fraser Island....the best thing ive done in oz so far by far. Its the biggest sand island in the world and has forest covering, fresh water lakes, creeks, and big beaches! Basically, you get put in groups of 10 or 11, get given camping gear, food, take your own alcohol, pile it on the roof of a big landcruiser, drive it on the barge. across the water and let loose on the island for three days. Ours turned out to be a heap compared to the others so we affectio...

ok, ive jsut spent half an hour typing this blog and a girl just sat next to me and turned my computer off instead of turning hers on, perfect! but io guess it needs to be done so ill give it another go. although, two of my work friends that are doing more or less the same trip as me but three weeks behind have justr missed their flight to oz from singapore, right time just wrong day and its cost 300quid for a new one so i guess the computer thing isnt that ba...

Got the bus down from Cairns to Townsville and then the boat across to magnetic island. its pretty nice but a bit quiet. theyve got loads of cool cars you can hire but of course, not in thailand anymore so got to be 21! spent most of the time with a german guy called mat, almost thought we were related when he told me about his great uncle that moved to south africa when he was young, met a woman and stayed there for many years! he was called josef though so un...