Outback Einsaleigh is a tiny town with a population of 24. James and I met at least 12 of the population at the pub where we were allowed to sleep the night in the grounds. The locals absolutely loved us being there, mainly for them to talk to us about their lives and how the outback is better than the cities, I am guessing they like having different people to talk to. They tried to convince us to stay until the weekend where the town was holding a rodeo, we ...

Waterfall w****s We left a day earlier than planned from Cairns and didn't go too far but got to the beautiful Atherton Tablelands. We stayed for the night by Lake Tinaroo and became waterfall junkies. We saw five waterfalls in the space of two days and went for what can only be described as a refreshing dip in Millaa Millaa Falls, one of the coldest ones. James also swam in Lake Eacham, I paddled and took photos. It is a stunning lake and the water was quit...

Cairns is a great city, we went to the lagoon in the morning, walked around the botanical gardens in the afternoon and the night market in the evening. Our campsite was pretty rough for a paid site and James took it upon himself to be the security when a few campers were playing music very loud until very late. We were surprised that James was the only person to ask them to turn the music down when we were a few rows away and there were families with young chi...

From The Whitsundays to Cairns we enjoyed some beautiful views over Hinterbrook Island, but Australia aren't as considerate as NZ and there wasn't any scenic lookout stops! Luckily Monica prefers to go at a slower pace so we managed to enjoy some of the view. We had to make a stop off at a town called 'Tully' in honour of Rachel. It happened to be raining as we drove through but it is the wettest town in Queensland so we were pleased to view it in all its glo...

When we arrived in the Whitsundays we just timed it for a mini cyclone! We had to pay for a campsite and stayed for 3 nights waiting for the weather to turn. We did see our first wild wallabie with a joey so that was exciting! We were glad we waited as two days later the weather was looking a lot better and we were off on a day trip around the islands. The group that we were with were really fun and friendly, in particular three crazy Austrians kept us all en...