Today we 27th we headed down to Noosa heads a 400km trip. When we arrived in Noosa we headed out the heads and what a surprise we got. Though a little forest we walked out to where the sea meets a river and there was a lovely golden beach. We watched a great sunset. That night we stay at our first YHA - nice room to ourselves in an old Queenslander house - a bit cold beacuse it rained all night. We headed off to see Pirates of the Carribean 3 which we enjoye...

On the 24th we went off to pick up the hire car and drive a nice few hours - 5 to be precise up to Agnes Water - a small town on the southern part of the Great Barrier Reef. It was dark by the time we hit the town so it took a while to find the Motel. Our unit was massive a whole apartment to ourselves with kitchen dinning room and lounge!! Luxury.On the 25th we got some provisions in and headed off to explore the surrounding area's. We headed off to the Town...

On the 20th we headed off to meet up with Chris Bailey and family who emigrated to Aussie 3 years ago (We both worked with Chris in the NHS).? They live just north of Brisbane in a lovely house.? We had a great dinner - Nita did us a sunday roast we were very happy On the 21st the new pool was being installed at the house so we caught up on a few things and planned the next part of the travels.? We did however fit time in to go and have a look at a number of show...

On the 14th we awoke at 4.30am as our plane landed in Cairns first!!!� Little did we know that the Sake we had bought as presents had to be poured away because it was over 100ml!!!� We werent told we had to go through security in Cairns - we were not happy chappies.� Anyway we arrived in Brisbane on time and headed off on the train down to Jacqui's Aunty Kath and Uncle Rob's.� Aunty Kath met us at the station an...