Breakfast the following morning was primitive due to the incessant rain which had plagued the journey so far and so feeling slightly unsatisfied, we headed onto Townsville (via a wifi pit-stop at McDonalds) to enquire about a trip over to Magnetic Island, one of the main tourist sites in the region. After investigating further, we opted against it as the costs of getting over were astronomical and coupled with the bad weather, it just wasn't worth it. We pulled u...

We landed in Cairns on the morning of 23rd May after what can only be described as a true Jetstar experience (for those who don't know, Jetstar are the budget flight company operating around Asia and Oceania, similar to EasyJet in Europe). After a brief stopover in Darwin, where we were told to pick up our bags and re-check in for the next flight, we were on the connecting flight heading for Queensland. I am omitting a rather significant chapter of the Darwin inc...