Returning from our dive trip, we spent a couple more days in Cairns. These were spent catching up on sleep and doing washing! It also gave us a chance to meet up with Carol n Ben and to go out with our flatmates Brett and Ruthy. The next day we were up early and got picked up for our tour to Cape Tribulation. The tour started with a walk in the rainforest to Mossman Gorge where we swam in the fresh water...it was sooo cold but got rid of the hangover! Our guide t...

Our final stop on the Greyhound took us to Cairns. We met up with Jo's friend Claire and her boyfriend John at the lagoon and then for a few drinks later on. Our 5 day Open Water dive course started the next day so we wern't out too late but plan to meet again before we move on.The first 2 days of our dive course was made up of theory in the classroom and skills in the pool. We only had 3 people in our class which was good for training, the 3rd person Kat...

Following a s***ty overnight bus journey, we arrived at Airlie Beach early in the morning and got to our equally s***ty hostel the day before we were due to go sailing around the Whitsunday Islands. Airlie Beach was quite quiet although it livened up at night. That evening we met up with Carol and Ben who were on our tour of Fraser Island. We hung out at a couple of bars and caught the end of the cricket. We haven't been hassled by the ozzies since - great re...

The town of Seventeen Seventy was named after the year Captain Cook discovered it. It's a tiny place with a residence of only 80 people. We were stopping just outside in the neighbouring town of Agnes Water. We had been told it is how Byron Bay was years ago, and as we didn't get a chance to stay there, we decided to break up our journey to Airlie Beach and the Whitsundays and stop at 1770.The hostel was the best we had stayed in so far. It was ...

We arrived at Hervey Bay and after we checked into the hostel we took a walk along the esplanade and found out that there wasn't much to do there and it was purely a stop off for Fraser Island. The following morning we were up early to catch the ferry to Fraser to pick up our tour. There were about 30 of us and after introductions we boarded our 4 x 4 bus and then went to Basin Lake before having lunch at Central Station. In the afternoon, we went to Lake M...