We get the ferry over to magnetic island which is very pretty but with not much to do, we sit on the beach and have lunch, I tell Elliot the trees are all magnetic and he insists on getting a picture with one which amuses me for 5 minutes the we head back and continue on our journey down the east coast, we arrive at airline beach quite late and set up camp, it is a total backpacker town with loads of bars and restraunts and lovely lagoon and marina

Very early start we head down to the marina to board our boat, after a safety talk and some tea and biscuits we are ready to go! We are asked if we want to go down unguided as we were qualified which we didnt! Which they said was fine and then later tried to charge us for the guide! The reef is beautiful and we see some amazing fish and coral Aswell as a turtle, sting ray and giant clam! Then suddenly the guide is frantically taping at my pressure gage, panicking...

We spend the day by the pool and talking to some travellers on their way home who give us some tips and advice about australia the we head back in time for the bbq at the hostel in cairns everyone is surprised to see us back again and we have an early night ready for the reef tomorrow

So today we check out and pick up the campervan! It's lovely small enough to drive but roomy enough inside and with purple butterfly's and flowers allover! We drive around getting the hang of it and head back to the travel agents, we try to book our scuba trip but is completely booked up we end up getting even more money off and quickly pay before he changes his mind! We decide to go up to port Douglas for the night and come back for the reef trip on Monday. The ...

So today we are feeling fragile but thought we may as well pop in and claim out free trip, we realise very quickly that this is just a way to get you into the shop to buy more things but we listen anyway as we were thinking of booking some trips soon anyway, after 4 hours!!!! He offers us a pretty good deal almost half the original price and we manage to get out the shop with the promise we would come back tomorrow, the rest of the night is spent sat around feeli...