Hi all,Sorry it's been a while since my last blog but I've been having too much fun (plus I've been in a place with no internet and mobile for a few days) I spent the day in Cairns on Tuesday and had every good intention of getting up early and going to a place called Kuranda and onto an aboriginal village. I didn't wake up until 10am though so thought of a better plan - shopping! Headed into the town centre - phew, it's really hot today. The first really hot...

Finally made it to Cairns after spending 3 days with the relies. Brian (my dad's cousin) picked me up from Innisfail on Friday afternoon and we took a drive back to his house. On the way he saw a sign for the misty mountains and thought that might be a nice scenic route. About 30 mins up the dirt track we realised we'd taken the wrong turning so turned around and got back onto the main road. Turned out we had a puncture! Looked in the boot to find the spare ...

Hi all. After my action day of sky diving yesterday I wasn't sure if white water rafting today would be as much fun. I set off at 8.00 for the Tully River which has 45 rapids and some of which go up to a grade 5, that's the highest and most fierce of all the rapids - yikes! Got kitted out in a rather fetching red helmet, black thermal vest (it was optional but it was bloomin cold!) a yellow life vest and some shoes. All set and ready to go, I started to fee...

Hi all, Guess what I did this morning - a SKYDIVE!!!!! Got picked up from the hostel at 7.30 this morning and thought I was going to puke all the way to the skydive office. Once there I signed my life away and seriously started thinking that I should have made a will! I got strapped into my harness by the instructor Dan who I would be jumping with. I also had my own camera man (well, i'm only doing this once so I wanted it recorded!) Set off in the smallest...

Hi all, Just got back from 2 nights at Magnetic Island - let me tell you about it: Arrived around 2.30 on Sunday to the sun shining - hurrah! I felt so cheerful that I splashed out an extra $3 a night to stay in a dorm called The Sanctuary. It's for girls only (I'm fed up sharing with stinky, snoring males!) and you get a lovely white fluffy towel and some Aveda products - lovely. Met two girls in my dorm, Debs and Tania who invited me for drinks on the beac...