Thursday 18th February 2016 The night in Airlie was very hot and humid again so we got up early and drove off to get the air con flowing. We were heading north to Townsville. We stopped off at a rest stop right on the waters edge to have breakfast. Immediately we saw signs warning us about crocodiles inhabiting the area and advising not to swim and not to feed them. We could then see loads of heads popping up out of the water. It was a bit weird hearing two loca...

Tues 16th This is paradise! We had an early start to have breakfast, collect our snorkels and stinger suits and be ready for the sail boat by 8am. Once on the boat skipper Steve gave us our strict do's and don'ts (he's clearly used to having to play the bad cop whilst looking after a boat full of mainly 18-20s). The boat trip to Whitehaven beach took about 3 hours, which we filled by sunbathing and enjoying the incredible views, including watching turtles swim ...

Sunday 14th February 2016 Queensland is an hour behind New South Wales, even though they are technically on the same time line, they have chosen not to follow the rest of Australia by implementing the day light savings. So at 0500 the sun is up and quite strong making it difficult to sleep past 6, especially inside a camper van. We headed off to church in Rockhampton which was nice. A very new church, only like 18 years old. Worship was slightly karaoke but the...

Friday 12th February 2016 So we woke early this morning as we had to catch our tour to Fraser Island at 8am. When our camper van rental company told us that the car battery is seprate from the battery powering the lights and fridge, they obviously lied. We tried to start Kylie but no luck, just a clicking noise and clearly a flat battery. It must have been because the other battery had gone flat as she had been working fine up to now. Isla ran off in a panic t...

Wednesday 10th February 2016 After two days of surfing we were too tired and hurting to enjoy surfing a full day again, so instead of collecting the surf boards for a morning before our lesson, we decided to visit the most easterly point in Australia by visiting the lighthouse in Byron Bay. The lighthouse sat on a little spit so we walked around the lighthouse and then out on to the spit the carries you down to the water. Whilst on this spot we had crazy rough ...