November 5th, 2010 --- Hervey Bay Today was a much needed rest day!We arrived at the Greyhound terminal at 7:35am and were met by the Nomads courtesy shuttle, which took us to our hostel.Luckily, we were able to check in early.We did a load of laundry (half our things were already damp!) and lazed around the pool.It began to shower, so we decided to shower and freshen up.We threw our stuff in the dryer, but it didn't completely dry everything so our room looked ...

November 4th, 2010 --- Whitsundays to Hervey Bay This morning was another early start, it seems we are quickly becoming accustomed to early mornings and life on the water!We awoke at 6:30am in Blue Pearl Bay where we anchored overnight.By 7am we had eaten breakfast and jumped into our sexy stinger suits in search of Nemo and friends.Well, actually "Elvis" at this snorkel site.Elvis is a massive fish (forgive me I forget the species) that inhabits thi...

November 3rd, 2010 --- Whitsunday Sailing (Day 2) Today we were awoken by our awesome first mat, Steve, belting out "Sex Bomb" at the top of his lungs!What a song to wake up to at 6am!We were quickly scooted upstairs for brekky because we were due to arrive at our first stop, Whitehaven Beach.We travelled through Tongue Bay to reach Whitehaven Beach, which has been voted as the 2nd best beach in the world (after one in the Caribbean).The beach is 9...

November 2nd, 2010 --- Sailing the Whitsundays Today we checked out of our hostel at 9am, just in time to miss out on free breakfast (don't we just have great timing?!)So instead, we grabbed a bite to eat at a nearby café where I had a veggie quiche and an amazing smoothie.Yum!We were required to check in with ABC travel prior to our Whitsunday Island sailing tour, so we did exactly that.Here we were told that we couldn't bring any bags with zippers onboard...

November 1st, 2010 --- Travel Day (Cairns-Airlie Beach) Today was a travel day!We covered 620km making our way south from Cairns to Airlie Beach.This morning was basically spent lounging by the pool and relaxing before making our way via taxi to the Greyhound terminal in the center of town.We left the station at 1pm and finally arrived in Airlie at 11:45pm, after two, 30-minute pit stops along the way.The drive wasn't actually that bad considering the distan...