Well, I have done the Cape Tribulation tour, the Waterfalls and Rainforests tour and Upolu and Oyster Reefs tour. Cape Trib was nice enough, saw crocodiles, snakes and even a bat! but to be honest, it would have been better if I had just driven it myself as there was so much time spent picking people up and dropping them off! It was a nice day though. The Waterfalls and Rainforests tour was excellent! Our guide was great, we swam in a bunch of lakes and waterfa...

Hey! It's been a while so thought I really should update this!! Well, Suba diving was excellent! I passed, of course! :-) I was worried on day two cos I woke up with a cold but it was only a little one so equalising my ears wasn't a problem (for those of you who know what I mean!!). We saw a few little fish, though nothing of much note really as you will see when I eventually get my pics up on Facebook! I then had a day just lazing by the pool, working on my ...

Thursday - Visited Port Douglas, Mossman Gorge and Palm Cove... beautiful beaches and walking through rainforest- totally surreal!!! At Mossman I was brave enough to have a swim while Kate chickened out cos she feels the cold too much! It was FREEZING!!! Lol! But it was also nice to cool off! Friday - Travelled from Cairns to Airlie Beach by Greyhound. Not a bad journey actually. Watched films... or rather listened to them to avoid travel sickness! My hostel ...

So, I've been here a day! I arrived safely, if smelly after 36ish hours of travelling! It was 28C yesterday with a nice cool breeze so it felt lovely! I didn't do much, just got settled into my room and got aquainted with the area. My roommates are lovely and we went to tea together last night which was great to have someone show me the ropes! Today Kate (roommate) and I are off to Port Douglas, a beach north of Cairns, so there probably wont be a great deal ...