Hello again! I arrived in Mackay this afternoon - left Home Hill at 7.30 am and arrived at 1.30pm this afternoon. There was a bit of a delay because an old man on the bus had some sort of seizure and had to be taken to hospital (no not by the bus, by ambulance!) Felt bad though, I thought he was just asleep and making strange noises, but it turned out he was having some sort of problem - I was sat across the aisle from him. Anyway! I'm here now, and there is no...

Hi all! Just got back from the boat that took me round the Whitsunday Islands - it was grrrreat! Hehe. I still feel like I'm rocking and swaying about though which is a bit annoying! We boarded the boat on Wednes lunch time and set sail, heading for Hayman Island, which is one of the more northern islands. Did lots of diving and snorkelling and eating! Second day did some more dives and went to Whitehaven beach - supposedly the best beach in the world! It w...

It's Mondaaaaaay! Got to Airlie Beach on Friday night and were staying with some of Bugzy's mates - a nice couple from the little town Bugzy's from at home. REALLY nice appartment - the view from it was amazing. The sea here is soooo blue, I've never seen anything like it! The little town is really small, just one street really, but there's a nice lagoon and sea front. Only here for two nights anyway - got the boat trip on Wednes! Anyway, yeah spent the weeke...

Welllllll. Finally did my dive! It was ace, once I was down there! Waiting for the days pictures - the instructor person takes some but they weren't ready today so I'll have to pick them up another day. Saw LOADS of stuff; massive schools of fish which weren't bothered by us lot all swimming around, we were surrounded by them! Some massive cod looking things, and just some generally huge fish! Lots of pretty fish, some mackerel things, barracuda. Saw loads of ...

Hello all! Its been a long time, but not a lot has really been happening! Have been working, sleeping, eating, occassionally drinking and playing table tennis, seeing a few snakes, spiders and toads, and getting burnt/tanned and peely! I've finished working now though! I quit on Sunday! :) Its a long story, and its not really important anymore! My supervisor is a Malaysian woman who seems to have a few issues! She hates me cos I'm staying with Bugsy and so ju...