Mission Beach A 2 hour bus journey south, not bad buses, USB to charge and wifi!! Our hostel is just across the road from the bus stop and we arrive before check in time but are able to use the facilities.... So we base ourselves by the pool!!! Once checked in we walk to the beach... 7km of sandy beach with the coral sea lapping in... The only problem is it's stinger season so you can only swim within the stinger nets so we just walk along the beach and decide s...

Cairns Flew into Sydney with a connecting flight to Cairns to begin our epic journey down the East coast. We had to have an overnight stay before the connecting flight so as to not spoil anything about Sydney, as we were to end our travels here, we stayed in a room in an apartment close to the airport... Very strange, but cheap and just a bed for the night!!! We arrived in Cairns 4pmish and grabbed our free airport transfer to our first hostel, caravellas. Very...