Hi all This is our final blog for Australia as we head to Asia tomorrow for our final 4 weeks of our adventure! Time has flown by so quickly and any moments of home sicknesses have been eased by all your regular messages and updates; thank you. After sailing around the Great Barrier Reef we collected a hire car and drove all the way up the coast to Townsville, stopping along the way in places such as Mission Beach. This tiny little place is made famous by ...

Hello all We had just got back from a fantastic 3 day sail around the Whitsunday Islands off the coast of Queensland. It was a really wonderful trip. It was fate that nearly everything was booked up and we were forced to pay a little bit more. As it was so last minute that we booked the trip (the day before) we got over a third off the total price and ended up on a luxury yacht, with its own personal chef! There were only 6 guests and we all had our own room a...

After Port Macquarie we drove to Coffs Harbour, stopping to walk along the beach before driving to Bryon Bay. Those of you who have been to Byron will know it is a strange mix of stunning coastline and nightlife. It's a great place but always really busy and so prices are always sky high for accommodation, dinner etc. It was named by Captain Cook after Lord Byron's Grandfather who was an explorer (and not after the poet which was originally thought). On the headl...