We had a really cool time last night, went out for a meal at 'The Pier' the food was great and we met a group of people who were celebrating a birthday too so we ended up joining them. We have just a few hours left in Australia now but we are both looking forward to New Zealand. So guess we will catch up again from there.

We have just uploaded pics from The Great Barrier Reef, check them out!! Last night was Ladies Night and most bars were giving out free champagne, which is always good!! We also had a really cheap meal out $10 for a meal, drink and dessert. We went out with 3 other girls who were all from England which was cool. The weather is really nice today which is great cus its Carolines birthday!! Tonight we are going out for a special meal to celebrate, going to a pl...

We went scuba diving today on 'The Great Barrier Reef' the weather wasn't good so the boat trip out there was quite rocky. We did two dives and neither of us has ever dived before so that was an experience in itself!! The diving equipment was surprisingly easy to get used to and would definatately do it again, although I don't think the sights from Bournemouth pier would be quite the same!! We saw so many different types of fish and coral - it was amazing!! W...

So we are now in Cairns our final destination. We spent the last two days stranded in Mission Beach, they are having some kind of tropical storm, so basically it has rained non stop. Due to the weather my skydive was cancelled which was a shame, but I guess it was supposed to be that way! We were meant to leave Mission Beach on Sunday, but the roads were flooded so the coach couldn't get to us so we had to spend another night and day there. Mission Beach is p...

Hey, we are enjoying Mission Beach, the weather has been kind to us and we have chilled by the pool for most of the day today. The hostel we are staying in is pretty cool (Jess, its the Treehouse one that you mentioned) its set in the rainforest and is just like one big treehouse. The only downside is there is lots of bugs, the biggest moths we have ever seen and lots of toads and lizards - but its all good! Today we decided to go for a walk and ended up getti...