Cairns: Sunday 30th January - Saturday 5th February We will remember Cairns for two things; Cape Tribulation and Cyclone Yasi. After a relatively short journey from Townsville, we arrived in Cairns 2 hours before we could check into our hostel so dumped our backpacks in a locker and met the Dutch guys for lunch. Cairns hostels seem to not have caught up with the price hikes in the rest of the country because we were paying $10 a night each for a dorm with a...

Townsville: Saturday 29th January - Sunday 30th January Not really much to write about Townsville, most people get straight on a ferry out to Magnetic Island, but with Cyclone Anthony on the way we decided it was best to avoid the sea and just stay in Townsville for a night before heading to Cairns the next day. After being dropped off at the first hostel, which looked like someone had installed some bunk beds in a multi-story carpark, we actually tried to lea...

Airlie Beach/Whitsundays: Monday 24th January - Saturday 29th January After a couple of days or R&R in Agnes Water we arrived in Airlie Beach, the base town for the Whitsundays sailing trips. Choosing which boat you'll spend your trip on becomes an art form. Having already done our research and booked our place on the aptly named 'British Defender' a pedigree round-the-world winning racing boat we were happy with our decision but it's always the first thin...

1770/Agnes Water: Friday 21st January - Sunday 23rd January Sat between the popular tourist destinations of Fraser Island and The Whitsundays are the small towns of 1770 and Agnes Water, both of which exist primarily for 3 reasons - tourists on their way between the two, surfing and fishing. We stayed in a place called Southern Cross backpackers which I'm gonna give a massive plug to for the simple reason that it is a friggin brilliant place to spend a few day...

Rainbow Beach/Fraser Island: Sunday 16th January - Friday 21st January After a pretty long Greyhound bus ride north we arrived in the sleepy little town of Rainbow Beach to stay for 2 nights before our trip to Fraser Island. There really isn't a massive amount to say about the place, it has a pretty awesome sand blow (a huge wave of sand the size of about 20 football pitches, stuck smack bang in the middle of the forest with a cliff on one side and some amazin...