From Cairns we caught the Greyhound coach down to Townsville, where we jumped on the 20 minute ferry across to Magnetic Island! As we were now on a tighter budget we decided to stay at Magnums on the Island, instead of the more popular BASE hostel. It was fine though; the resort was quiet but had a good pool and was in between two beautiful bays. We didn't come to Magnetic Island to party anyway, so it was an ideal place to more or less do nothing. I did manage...

My 23rd, The Great Barrier Reef and a Night out with the Girls Seeing as we were in Cairns, the main gateway to the Great Barrier Reef it would have been rude not to do an all day boat trip to the reef to snorkel the World Heritage Site! I decided not to dive as I heard you see just as much snorkelling as you do diving there as the reef is quite shallow and Lorna hadn't snorkelled for ages so it was definitely a fun option for the day. The boat left the marina j...

Lorna and Kemi reunited= 4 day Queensland Roadtrip in our 'Breezer' Campervan exploring the amazing Wet Tropics World Heritage Site, waterfalls, rainforests and doing things true backpacker style! I ended up going out with Dave and Becky in Darwin for my last night in Darwin and stayed out til 2am and then just got on the shuttle to the airport at 2.30am! Night flight to Cairns and arrived 8am! I waited an hour to meet Lorna from her flight- was so excited to se...

Before I knew it I was on the airport to get Nick-for those who don't know him, he's practically my boy best mate...he was coming over to visit for just over 2 weeks and I had an action packed plan in store for us to make the most of the trip... We started in Brisbane and had stayed at this great hostel Bunk, it had a nice pool and jacuzzi and one of the best bar/clubs for backpackers as part of the hostel itself. Had a funny night there with these other 2 lads ...

I wasn't quite sure if I was looking forward to Surfers or not, I'd heard so many people slating it but decided just to go check it out for myself. In contrast to Byron of course it seems very tacky and touristy, high rise buildings everywhere and tour shops trying to sell you everything. The beach itself was actually really nice I thought, if you just walked a few minutes down the beach you were almost isolated and the sea was the warmest I'd been in yet in Au...