Date: 5th August 2011 Place: Magnetic Island Weather: Cloudy and windy Woke up today and had beans on toast which was suchhh a nice change to just toast. We had to check out of the hostel and send the car back today so it was a bit of a rush in the morning. It turned out we had loads of time left on the car though so when we saw a couple of girls that had been on my Whitsundays boat waiting for a bus we decided to give them a lift. When we finally gave ...

Date: 4th August 2011 Place: Magnetic Island Weather: Sunny but very windy again Today we decided to hire a car. Since the cheapest place to do that was in Arcadia we had to walk about an hour to get there, but it was a nice walk so wasn't so bad. The car cost us $40 for 24 hours and was just a little rubbish ford but we still loved it because we hadn't been driving in so long! Our day was spent exploring the whole island. First we went and did a big sh...

Date: 3rd August Place: Magnetic Island Weather: Sunny properly ish Got up early and packed up. I happened to come across Laura and Sian in the kitchen and had breakfast before getting on the bus. The drive wasn't too long today and we got to the ferry terminal for Magentic Island at around 11.15am. The ferry only took 20 minutes and then it was only a short bus journey to the other side of the island where our hostel was. It wasn't like a normal hostel...

Date: 2nd August 2011 Place: Airlie Beach Weather: Sunny but windy again The guys eventually got up so we could all go and get breakfast. They then started packing up as they were leaving. They are doing the east coast by car so could leave at any time they wanted. I wanted to drive their car but after being given the key by Angus Joe took it off me and wouldn't let me drive. They left at 11 and I didn't realise how sad I would be to see them leave unti...

Date: 1st August 2011 Place: Airlie Beach Weather: Sunny and fairly warm Woke up again by the diesel engine. There wasn't a sunrise again and I didn't even bother looking for one. We had breakfast and were then heading back to the port because the boat had to be back at 9am. After breakfast we were all so tired that the guys and I had a nap for a few hours until we were almost back at Airlie Beach. When we got off we walked past loads of awesome boats a...