And so it's the final part of our Spaceship tour of Australia...the drive up to Cairns. We can't believe just how many km's we've done over the past 7 weeks, it's about 8000 miles! Despite the unsettled way of life and very cosy sleeping quarters we wouldn't change a thing about our 2months in Oz. We have been able to see so many places that wouldn't have been possible if we'd travelled any other way. We have seen so much wildlife too which has been great...apart...

We have changed our plans so many times, I think we've changed the Spaceship drop off point from Brisbane to Cairns about 4 or 5 times over the past few weeks. We'd been told by loads of people how beautiful the Whitsunday Islands are and plus, you can't come to Australia and not see the Great Barrier Reef...decision made. After a night stop in Mackay to break up the journey, we got to Airlie Beach. This was a really nice little town where we could have easily sp...

A couple of hours drive up the east coast and we were in Hervey Bay. As part of the package we have a night in a hostel either side of the trip to Fraser. We met up with Rose and spent the evening chatting to people that were also leaving tomorrow. 5am the next morning we were up, showered and ready to leave. During the safety debrief we were told there was a chance to skydive onto the island...after a lot of urming and arghing Rose and I (Sal) decided to give i...

Oh.my.god...nice food, lovely family company, a bed that is in a different room to where you drive...after 4 weeks of living in the Spaceship we had forgotten just how good these things can feel! Our first stop was with the McDades; Jen's Australian 2nd, 3rd and 4th cousins! Jen hadn't met some of them before but they were all so welcoming and generous to both of us, we felt at home straight away. Ben took us out the one day to see some sights and for a Cold Rock...