Hey In Cairns now and have a had a great time. When i arrive i spent most of the day at the hostel really. I had booked to go on the reef the followin day which was an early start so i though id have a quite one. Yesterday was a brilliant day! I went out onto the Great Barrier Reef! The boat i had booked was a pretty good one so we got out to the reef pretty quickly. I heard stories about the really cheap boats that take for ever to get there and loads of peop...

Hey After the ferry from Magnetic Island to Townsville, and then the greyhound from Townsville to Mission Beach, i finally made it there around 5pm. Mission beach certainly wasnt what i expected. I assumed it would be another typical beach village like airlie or noosa, but it wasnt at all. It was tiny! Only a handful of shops! And its very very tropical so really green and picturesque! And there wasnt a lot of people there so it was very quiet. I stayed in a h...

After a terrible bus journey from Airle beach i finally made it to magnetic island! I could see straigh away that this was a very nice place and i wish i had booked to stay longer. The majority of the island is a national park so there is a lot of rainforest and wildlfe. Wild koala spotting is very comman. I arrived at my hostel around 6pm. The hostel was located in a resort that had 2 pools, 2 bars, shops, cafes and a restuarant which i had discount tokens for...

After the long bus journey from 1770 i arrived in airlie beach around 6am. The trip wasnt too bad as a managed to get some sleep so it went pretty quickly!The hostel picked us up but then we didnt check in until 10am so i spent the morning asleep on a sofa in the internet room!After hours of waiting i finally got in to my room which was great! Ensuite, kitchen, balcony, and aircon, not had that kind of luxury for ages! And the girls in my room were really nice. I...

I arrived in 1770 (gets its names from the date thats captain cook landed there) pretty late so i spent the night in the hostel. I stayed in a hostel called cool bananas and it was definatley one of the best i have been in. The staff were so nice and it was such a clean place. I swear the guy who owned it was a clean freak, always lining up magazines in certian ways etc. A member of staff there cooks dinner every night that you can buy for $5! So that night i got...