We have just spent the night at Magnetic Island off of Townsville. We started with a romantic walk along the beach where Martin asked me a serious question.... will you dine with me? And we had sandwiches on the beach for tea. We then took part in the trivia quiz at the hostel where we came second last! If we had come last we would of got a drinks voucher... dam! In the morning we signed up for a bushtucker buffet breakfast and met the animals including a wombat,...

Today we were woken by a 14,000ft drop and 60 seconds of freefall before landing on Mission Beach as we both completed our first skydive! The experience was undescribable and well worth it. We arrived here yesterday after a tour of the Atherton Tablelands including Millaa Millaa Falls where Peter Andre filmed Mysterious Girl. Tomorrow to Magnetic Island to see some magnets.. and koalas...!

We have arrived in the sunshine state of Cairns. Its hot and sunny so an excuse for us to get on the swimming trunks and bikini and hit the pool. There is a pool at the beach as it is infested with crocodiles and resembles Weston Super Mud! Today was no exception and the sun was shining so we headed to the Great Barrier Reef where we had a lecture on snorkelling, diving and the marine life (how friendly sharks really are - they just have bad publicity, and the re...