After hearing more weather reports about the wet weather further north and it not forecast to end, with the possibility of even another cyclone I decided not to go any further North and head over to Perth for a change of scenery and hopefully weather. The cheapest way forme to do this would be to fly from Brisbane. So with a very tearful goodbye to Katie who was still heading up North to Cairns I got back on the greyhound and headed south to Brisbane. 20 hours on...

With an overnight bus to Airlie Beach we arrived shattered early morning. To our delight it wasn't raining when we arrived. I had been particularly worried about heading to Airlie as we have a 3 day 2 night sailing trip booked around the Whitsunday Islands and all we had heard along the coast was how bad the rain was and that in Airlie it was raining constantly all day every day. Boats had been cancelled and had come back early due to the bad weather conditions, ...

Rockhampton is a sizable town, quite a lot of industry going on but more obviously it's rodeo town. Very big meat industry and known for it's steak the town also regularly hosts rodeo nights and participates in rodeo competitions. For me and Katie, Rockhampton was just a passing stop and allowed use to get to Great Kepple Island. About a 45 minute bus ride to the coast and then a 40 minute ferry ride over the island itself. Known for it's untouched beauty and nat...

There isn't much to do in Agnes Water/Town of 1770 so I decided I may as well spend my last day here doing something adventurous. I saw an advert for the opportunity to fly your own plane and thought why not! Mid afternoon I was picked up from the hostel and driven to a field in the middle of no where with a large shed and run way stretching across the field. I sat there waiting for the guy and his plane to arrive back from the previous trip. 10 minutes later I h...

7th Feb I arrived in Agnes Water yesterday evening, about 3 hours north of Hervey Bay. The town is teeny with pretty much just one road and a few houses and shops scattered about. Agnes Water is home to the town of 1770, named after Caption Cook landed on the corner of the land at that very time. Town of 1770 itself is even smaller. A small marina and about 2 houses in total, and a bar, of course. The hostel itself is lovely, very chilled out and probably the cl...