Today I was the most scared I have ever been. I have this fear of drowning and for years have chickened out of diving, snorkeling i can just bear, but today I went diving on the Great Barrier Reef and actually got all the way to the bottom of the sea (only about 10 meters down but still, I was scared). Getting down was the hardest part, I've never breathed so fast in all my life and then we had to some practice things to make sure if the valve fell out of our mou...

Finding out the day before out White Water Rafting trip that a fatal accident had occurred there just four days earlier and with the same company was not the most settling of thoughts. And being confronted with a 2 page 'legal' document to sign on the day of the trip making sure in the event of any accident or death we don't sue, did not serve to ease our concern. We got on with it any way listened to all the safety instructions and measures like life jackets and...

So obviously falling asleep on busses and constantly waking up wondering where i am is becoimg the norm being as we are always on the move but waking up in the middle of the night and rocking was definitely a new feeling! We were of course sleeping on a boat! This was our 2 night 3 day sailing trip around the Whitsunday Islands so Friday (27th July) and Saturday were spent on board the boat, trying most of the time to keep upright and warm, but also sleeping in l...

So we returned from Fraser Island Sunday night (22nd), arriving back in Hervey Bay and then Monday afternoon it was off to 1770 - Agnes water for a night and day along with Heidi as well. We were only stopping here really to kill some time before our Sailing trip and it was lucky we only had one day really as it was a tiny town with not much to do. We had wanted to take a flight in one of those mini planes over to an island for the afternoon but it was fully book...

Fraser IslandAgain there was no lay-in for us as we had to be up and checked out by 7am ready to pick up our four wheel drive and camping equipment. But not before paying the Hostel a further $6 to look after our bags for 3 days! It feels like we're constantly being charged for extras when we've paid loads...so we checked our cutlery, food and tents and that the 4wd had no obvious damage, signed our lives away, left our details and were then ready to watch instal...