Breakfast was served at 7, and consisted of English muffins with a selection of spreads, cornflakes, coco pops, muesli, fruit salad and yoghurt. We sailed to Whitsunday Island, and had to get the speedboat from the main boat to the rocky bay. We then walked to the lookout where we could see the swirling sands of Whitehaven beach- you can only see them when the tide is low. We had a few hours to spend on the beach, which has the softest, purest white sand- it...

This morning was the first morning we woke up to frost on the windscreen- a sign of the decreasing temperature as we go down further south. On the drive to Airlie Beach, I invented a game where you have to make a story using the names of the creek. The beginning went something like: After (breakfast), Jane and Paul had a (little goodbye) before going to work. Paul was working on some (magnetic) research and Jane had to rush to work, as she had a very impo...

We got ready to set off in the place we cooked our dinner last night since it was nearby to some toilets and got chatting to some French guys. They owned an atlas hat also had camping spot references, The previous owner of the van they were driving had circled all the free places, and since Guthalungra was the closest to Airlie Beach, that's where we've ended up tonight. It's a simple camp place with just some toilets, taps, picnic benches and apparently you ca...

We woke up early (6.30) so that we could increase our chances of spotting a cassowary on our 3.5 km walk- we didn't succeed (I think it was too steep for a cassowary to live) but it was enjoyable reminiscing about all our NFE's (New Food Experience for all you non-Lindsey Barkers amongst you) since our travels began. After that we started to drive down to Townsville, and passed several signs for 'Driver Reviver' stops that promised you a free beverage for dr...

By 9am the van was too hot to stay asleep, so we got ourselves ready for the 10.30 day tour of the park. This one was considerably better, probably because she told us more about Jose- he lived in Spain, and had a really poor family who grew olive trees. He saw an ad for workers needed in Australia, so he was on the next boat and worked really hard to buy his own farm, and then go on to owning12. He had $300 which in those days, and compared to his neighbours, ...