So the last couple of days have been very traumatic! Mum and dad you may want to stop reading here...!! I have to include it in the blog as it was an experience! Where to start... So for anyone that doesn't know the whitsundays are a group of islands (74) with beautiful scenery and cannot be missed when visiting Australia! The tours range from $160 for a day to $400 dollars for 3 days. Us tight Poms decided we didn't want to pay for this tour and would rather ...

The day after the sailing lesson we had a bit of a chilled day, went to the shops to top up on food etc. Then in the afternoon, bobs friend Steve took us down to 'alligator creek' where there were no alligators at all! We got to swim with lots turtles which was nice! In the evening we cooked a traditional english meal...'toad in the hole' and sticky toffee pudding for an Aussie, 2 Germans, 2 french people, and an American. It went down a treat so I think we've c...

So after spending two days on magnetic island we came back to townsville in the afternoon. We then went to the yacht club and learnt to sale by a really friendly (incredibly rich) Aussie couple. This is something I've wanted to do for years and really enjoyed it so hoping to carry on learning in the future. We even drank champagne on the boat which was the icing on the cake.

Today we caught the brief ferry from townsville to magnetic island. We took the bikes over that Bob (izzys friend) lent us with the strong intention of using them to get around the island. Unfortunately the hills defeated us in the 34 degree heat. After a quick dip in the sea to cool off, we cycled to izzys friends house who kindly drove us around the island. They took us to a few different bays and lookouts and even took us snorkelling. We then did a historic wa...

The last few days have been nice and chilled following our adrenaline packed days in mission beach. We have stayed with my friend Iona who's been living and working here for the last 5 months. We had a night on the town which was good to experience some Aussie night life, lots of sunbathing, the market and walked 6km up castle hill whilst watching the sun set overlooking townsville. We found the first thing that's cheaper in Australia compared to england... Domin...