This morning we headed into the foreshore of Airlie Beach to the markets. We saw an amazing sand sculpture of a dragon complete with fire coming out of its nose. After the market we had a bit of a walk around the shops down the street. We said goodbye to Jen and Mick later in the morning as they headed back home (I'm sure they enjoyed the peace and quiet of the plane after being with the kids for a few days!) The afternoon was time to swim in the pool and the ...

The day started off wet again, so after a slow start we decided we should take a day trip to Hideaway Bay. We were surprised and delighted to see the skies clear the further we went, and we spent most of the day at Hideaway Bay in beautiful sunshine. The beach was stunningly beautiful with blue water typical of the Whitsunday's and so many shells on the sand we spent ages fossicking through them to see what we could find. Cal found a large shell with a crab in...

Its wet again! In between the showers we have had a hit of tennis and checked out the playground. After lunch we had to fight the cabin fever and decided to go for a drive. We checked out Cedar Creek Falls and true to the form of the tour Nick and Sal decided that they should have a swim - lets say it was a little on the cold side. We travelled a little further down the road and walked down a boat ramp. We saw lots of jellyfish in the water. As it was still...

Todays adventure saw us climb aboard an oversized rubber dinghy with more horsepower than should be allowed on a boat and scoot across the sea to swim and snorkel around the Whitsunday Islands. Unfortunately the weather wasn't too kind and the boat driver thought it best to refer to it as the "Wet-Sunday" Islands. Snorkelling was great - we saw so many different kinds of fish of all colours including a massive humphead wrasse, and some beautiful coral. The boa...

Well after 14,500 km we have made it to the east coast (some might suggest we took the long way about getting here!) Today was a big day of driving again - about 10 hours, but we made it to Airlie Beach (Cannonvale) just before dark to the welcoming hugs and kisses of Nanny and Pop (aka, Mum and Dad/Jen and Mick). It was lovely to catch up with them and share some of our adventure stories and hear all the news from at home - thanks for the postcards family!! N...