After another 9 hour coach trip we arrived in Town 1770, one of the landing spots of Captain Cook and the first landing spot in Queensland. We arrived in lovely sunshine, it was baking hot once again! Carrie had received a text in the night from her mum saying there was a massive earthquake in Chile and there was a risk of a tsunami hitting the east coast of Australia. We were smack bang in the middle of the East coast so we planned to go and check out the beach ...

After being on a bus for what seemed like forever, 13 hours to be exact. We arrived in Airlie Beach, the departure point to the Whitsunday Islands. I was really excited about this, I had seen the pictures and it looked incredible. We got off the coach into some lovely sunshine which made a nice change to the bad weather we had been having. We found our hostel, Magnums, yes I know it sounds a little bit suspect but it was a backpacker hostel I swear! In fact it...

After rafting a few of us decided to take a trip up to Cape tribulation where the scenery was supposed to be amazing. The weather reports didnt look that great but we thought "hey, why not". Tuan and I went out the day after we got back from rafting and tried to find some car rental places. At this point it was pouring down with rain but we didnt care, it was warm rain! Everyone had doubts about going but to me it was all part of the adventure and just...

We rolled out of bed at 5 and were in the minibus at 6 heading towards Tully. We were feeling pretty hungover so slept most of the way. When i opened my eyes we were surrounded my lush green hillsides, it was beatifull. The rain was on its was but i didnt care. We stopped off at the raft hut to load up on coffee and then started the drive up to the top of the river, the views were amazing. I was wide awake now and ready to rock and roll, we put on our gear and g...

Cairns was a much nicer climate, still real hot but it was dry heat so you didnt sweat like crazy within 2 seconds. We had arranged to meet with Tuan and Iva (the 2 people we met back in darwin) and check into a hostel. Another friend we also met in Darwin had also arrived, Cornell. We met up with everyone and went to the lagoon for a swim and some food. I was really looking forward to a swim at last but again we were told it was stinger (jellyfish) season so co...