Wednesday 4th June - Sunday 8th June 2008 Hello ok so I am back from Fraser Island and I think this has to be by far the best part of my trip by a long way its just so amazing had an immense time over there! So as part of the package we had a nights accomodation arranged in Hervey Bay in a place called Next backpackers which is such a nice hostel its modern and very spacious. Here we met the other people who would be in our 4x4. Basically the whole Fraser Isla...

Sunday 1st June - Wednesday 4th June 2008 G'day, well I am late writing all these but better late than never! On Sunday afternoon we left Townsville for the journey down to Airlie Beach. I didnt know alot about the area so was expecting it to be a beach sort of resort however it isnt as the beach is tiny. It is basically the gateway to the Whitsundays. We arrived in the afternoon and had a drive around the area to see what there was, and the main strip reminde...

Wednesday 28th May - Sunday 1st June 2008 Hello, just arrived back from Magnetic Island, which is just off the coast of Townsville. Had a quality time over there, really enjoyed it! On Wednesday we booked a package deal where we got 3 nights at Base hostel, a day cruise on the Great Barrier Reef and a couple of little extras such as free kayak hire and snorkel equipment etc. So we set off on Wednesday afternoon, parked the car in a free unlimited car park arou...

Monday 26th May - Wednesday 28th May 2008 Its now Monday 26th and we werent too far away from the coast and I got a text from one of the guys I did Oz Intro with saying that 5 of them were in Townsville which is where we were heading, so we arranged to meet up with them. When we got there we parked up in the city centre and then met them a little later. That was really nice to see some familiar faces! We headed back to their campsite to shower up and everythin...