It seems that my luck isn't in a the moment - my trip to the Great Barrier Reef wasn't cancelled but it was very traumatic. We left dry land around 8 a.m. about 100 mixed (ages, gender and crew) landlubbers all bound for a day promised to be one for the memory banks. Once out of the calm of the harbour some people started to turn a lovely shade of green and without much ago chucked for the next hour and a half - lovely smell. I was one of the fortunate ones th...

Hi, I arrived in Cairns this afternoon and it was bucketing down - so not got a feel for Cairns yet. I left Magnetic Island this morning at 5.45 to catch the first ferry over to the mainland. Unfortunately I had to catch the Greyhound bus from Townsville to Cairns (six hour journey) because my train was cancelled due to the cyclone and the next one isn't due until Wednesday - can you believe that there is only one train a day. The one I was due to catch shoul...

Hi Everyone, Can't believe I've not updated my blog since Saturday morning in Brisbane - it's now Saturday evening a week later at Magnetic Island - a lot further up the Queensland coast and my last stop before Cairns my departure point from Australia. Saturday in Brisbane was a cultural day - art galleries, museums and the cinema all thoroughly enjoyable. The cinema being the best - met four ladies who invited me for dinner with them afterwards - had such a la...

Hi this is Saturday and I'm actually in Brisbane but the previous place Lennox Head didn't have internet connection so unable to do a blog entry. Not that much to report about Coffs Harbour or Lennox Head both lovely places but not alot going on at either place. I've been doing lots of walking trying to get fit for Borneo - I'll need legs of steel for the climb of Mount Kinabalu at 14,000 feet - not sure how high that is but it takes two full days to do it so g...

Hi this is Saturday and I'm actually in Brisbane but the previous place Lennox Head didn't have internet connection so unable to do a blog entry. Not that much to report about Coffs Harbour or Lennox Head both lovely places but not alot going on at either place. I've been doing lots of walking trying to get fit for Borneo - I'll need legs of steel for the climb of Mount Kinabalu at 14,000 feet - not sure how high that is but it takes two full days to do it so g...