We were up bright and early for our trip to the reef! We boarded at 10am and were provided with coffee and biscuits! The ride out to the island was about 50mins and we had some amazing views on the way. When we arrived we collected our snorkel gear and headed to the beach! Neither of us had snorkeled properly so it was trial and error to start with!! We managed it though, and before we were even in properly we had fish swimming around us! As we got more confident...

We both woke up feeling under the weather so ended up in bed for most of the am! We think it’s a bit of sunstroke and jet lag mixed! We both have an awful cough which doesn’t help! When we eventually dragged ourselves out of bed we headed to the shopping centre and mooched about in the coolness of the shops instead of the baking heat! We started to perk up after a rather yummy coffee and went to enquire about a boat trip out to the reef. We were given so man...

We woke to bright sunshine and the sound of noisy birds outside! They are jolly annoying!! We wondered over to the shopping centre near to us in search of breakfast. We found a smoothie bar selling a rather yummy breakfast smoothie which filled us up well! Yum! We then wondered down towards the esplanade, mooching at the shops and keeping an eye open for campervan rentals! It is pretty around the waterfront and there are BBQ’s for you to use and plenty of benc...

Our flight to Australia wasn’t too bad and the Qantas staff were very accommodating and looked after us well. The entertainment distracted us a little from sleeping, too many good films to watch, but we managed to get a good few hours. Before we knew it, we had arrived and were in sunny Brisbane! We were allowed in, despite the funny looks from the immigration man, and were cleared through the food bit! Phew! We then caught the train to the Domestic terminal w...