Humpback Heaven and Heaving What a day! I caught the sun and ended up with a red nose. I nearly threw up with motion sickness. But I saw the incredible sight of 5 pods of humpback whales migrating up the Queensland coast - AWESOME! The day started early and Gary, Sheila and I boarded the purpose built catamaran, Eye Spy at Redcliffe. It was a large boat with rails all the way round on three levels for maximum whale viewing. Then Captain K...

Killer Rainforests I am now in Cairns, some 2000kms plus north of Brisbane. We have left the flash floods and rains down in Brisbane the skies are blue and the temperature a wintery 28! We have passed the Tropic of Capricorn and are officially in the Forth North Tropical Queensland. As Caroline is heading off to her 3 day dive spectacular, we visited Kuranda, a village up in the rainforest just North of Cairns. Kuranda is reached by road, cable...

Driving on the beach with Whales ! Caroline and I headed to Hervey Bay in the hope of some whale watching and a trip to Fraser Island. The humpback whales migrate from Antartic to the coast of Queensland to mate and give birth in warmer waters. Unfortunately the main tours did not start until the beginning of July so we opted for the Ultimate Tour of Fraser Island instead. With 2 nights booked at the lovely YHA we set the alarms for an 8am pick up and l...

A cautionary tale ! After leaving Australia Zoo, we headed to Noosa. As it is the school holidays here and everyone told us how busy they would be we trawled through the bible, Lonely Planet, and chose a backpackers call Costa Bella. We phoned ahead and for $46 per night we could have a twin share. Bargain we thought and merrily headed to Noosa. With spirits high we eventually found our place for the night. Bruce the owner greeted us in a friendly manne...

Koalas Crocodiles and CRIKEY! Caroline andI set off for our Thelma and Louise style trip and headed North of Brisbane in our Hyundai Getz. This is a little car the size of Corsa but at the bargain price we managed to cram 2 backpacks and the RM Williams boots Caroline has bought for a friend into the boot. In typical Aussie style the road up north is called the Bruce Highway! I struggle to call it a motorway or freeway because it really is only a road s...