Hi, We're here in Cairns which is a pretty dull place, except their lagoon which is cool. We also went to Cape Tribulation to see the rainforest and commune with nature which shows how much Lucy and I have changed...We heard possums on the roof of our cabin but we still slept, animals and insects jumped out at us and we remained (relatively) calm and we came 3rd in a pub quiz. Yes, once again Team Bucks excelled themselves!!! When we got back to Cairns we went ...

Hey Airlie is the Party Capital of Queensland and we've definately partied!!! We did our Whitsunday Islands trip here on a gorgeous multi million pound boat with lots of crazy Irish boys on board. Whitehaven Beach was lush but our sunglasses were desperately needed because of some serious hangovers...Lucy did her first dive with Nemo and LOVED it, whilst Krissie sat serenely on the beach away from the foot grabbing fish. We partied even more when we got back on...

Hervey Bay is a horrible industrial town with lots of rednecks so we gladly went to Fraser Island one day later on a 2 day tour of the island. We went on a 4 wheel drive BUS with a group of fantastic people and a hilarious guide called Peter. We saw amazing animals; even a python at the side of the road and of course a DINGO! The weather for the first day was AWFUL and we got attacked by leeches but Lucy and I soldiered on through the rainforest cos that's how mu...

NOOOOSA! We have been the luckiest girls in the world here because Emma (who many of you will know) lives here with her husband Brent and they have kindly let us stay with them for nearly two weeks. A great deal of tea drinking, gossiping and early mornings ensued. We visited Brisbane (which was a nice looking city but nothing special) and Surfers Paradise which is a kind of tacky version of Florida with lots of high rises but has a great casino where we met up ...