Friday - A day of R&R. Swimming, tanning and for Maria, burning/tantrumming. Saturday - Great Barrier Reef. Absolutely awesome experience, Maria was particularly fascinated by the geographical explanations that we had throughout out sailing experience. 30 mins in, with me feeling slighty queasy, we moved inside, off the netting of the catamaran, soaking wet. Before my eyes a boy chundered (was violently sick) everywhere. Needless to say that I soon moved out...

Tuesday - 12km. Walked along the beach stopping regularly to catch some rays and watch crazy fools skydive (yes Sarah, crazy.) We ate blueberry muffins and sipped and of diet coke as the heat threatened to overpower Maria. Mission Beach was a great place to swim and we thoroughly enjoyed the relaxing two days we had there. Wednesday - Final Greyhound bus journey. Arrived in Cairns and headed straight for the shops. We walked along the Esplanade for around a mile...

Saturday - With Natasha still recovering we spent a lazy day going through markets, walking to the harbour and lazing around the lagoon. I was disappointed by the lack of yachts but we managed to find some smaller ones to keep me entertained. That evening we walked around the bars, had an ice cream and listened to some love music. Sunday - got the bus and ferry to Magnetic Island. Unaware as to the reason of the name but we did see some beautiful whales on the f...

Thursday - Feeling groggy after the overnight bus we dragged ourselves straight go the harbour at 7am where we boarded a racing boat called Condor. Sailing the seven seas and beyond we creamed up with factor 50 and were immediately called upon to Hoist the Sail! We got off the boat at Whitehaven beach, where the sand is 98% silica which we are told is used by NASA. We just used if fi exfoliate. The sea was so clear and in our stinger suits we swam around with sti...

Monday - Tanned. Sunbathed. Recovered. Jumped on the bus and arrived at Hervey Bay. We spent the evening enjoying the free wi-fi in the best hostel we've stayed in so far. The man looked amazed when we told him we were sisters, and even more amazed when he was told that I, Natasha, was the elder. Tuesday - We walked along the beachfront for around 6km before arriving at a pier. We looked out to Fraser Island and laughed as we remembered the dingo incident. Hop...