G'Day Guys I hope you haven't missed the blogs too much the last few days we have been internet free so I shall update you on our last few days now. We arrived in Airlie Beach on Saturday morning at 6.15am after our overnight bus from Hervey Bay. We spent the day around the town catching up with jobs and visiting the market that they have on weekends. We spent a liitle time on the beach and watched the camels, yes they had camel rides but they were so busy we d...

G'Day Guys It is really starting to hot up here now and by 8am it was boiling hot. As we leave today on the overnight bus to Airlie Beach we decided to spend the majority of the day at the marina that they have here. We stopped for morning tea and watched the whale watching boats going out for the day before walking along the coastline to the huge long pier that they have here it used to be 256 metres longer than it is now. It was a 1.5km walk in the hot sunshi...

G'Day Well Guys what a fab 2 days we have had. It started yesterday morning at a familiar 6am and it was a short 55 minute crossing on the flat bottomed Fraser Dawn boat to the island. Straight away Stave our guide had the vehicle in 4WD mode and we were off into the bush bouncing around and leaving our seat on more than a few occasions!!! Our first stop yesterday was the Yidney scrub (rainforest) to look at all the various trees that grow in just the sand. The...

Hey Guys Today has been a gruelling day, and not because of the long bus journey. We had to endure 2 movies on the bus and both were dreadful. Shaggy Dog D.A and some super girlfriend thing with Uma Thurman total trash!!!! Made it here tired and weary but in high spirits. We are now in Hervey Bay the gateway to Fraser Island ready for our overnight safari tomorrow. For those that don't know Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world and has rainfore...

G'Day from Brisbane Today has been our last day here as we leave tomorrow for Hervey Bay.We spent the day in the city and had a great time, the day seemed to fly by. After sorting out our onward travel with Singapore Airlines we had a look around Queen Street Mall and this led us directly over the bridge to the Southbank where we spent a considerable amount of time in the museum before stopping for lunch. Once we were filled up it was off to the Botanic Gardens...