We did the diving certification here. It took 4 days. 2 days were theory and skills in the pool, with an exam and the other 2 days were practising the pratical skills out in the ocean. I managed it fine and I am now a qualified open water diver woowoo! The visibility wasn't the best off magnetic island but we still managed to see a fair bit. We had to practice an emergency sharing air ascent with our buddy. Claire and I were the last to go up so we had to kneel o...

The cattle station was so much fun! We went out on horses to muster the goats into pens. It took about 1hr 30 to get them all in but it was brilliant. My horse was very well behaved and I got stuck right in there. I was picked to go right into the pen on my horse and push the goats right to the end. That was great. I literally couldn't see the ground for goats. Once the goats were all in we did a pretend rodeo. I didn't do this because I felt sorry for the goats,...

Fraser Island is one of my highlights. We hired a 4x4 to drive around the largest sand island in the world. There were 7 in our group and we all got on so well. It was a 3 day 3 night camping trip. We drove on the beach, but had to stick to an itinerary because of the tides. In land driving was fun, although similar to driving on ice. A couple if times we had to dig the car out of the sand because we got stuck. Not when I was driving though. Most of my driving wa...

Rainbow beach is a bit naff. It's just a stop over really. We walked to the "sand blow", which is a massive sand dune that by 2030 they think will have engulfed the whole town. We saw the sunset, very romantic.

Noosa is very very nice. The beach is gorgeous and the national park is gorgeous. I could have spent so much longer there but we didn't have enough time. Helen put her life guarding skills into action by saving a drowning man. Him and his partner wanted a picture with her, wanted to buy her lunch AND drinks AND ice cream, she was a celebrity, it was so funny. In the end we agreed to drinks though - it was a cheap night hehe! I had the ultimate ice cream here too!...