WOW! After sorting out paper work at the dive gaff, we were shown to what was to be our accommodation for the night. It was LUXURY! It was a converted flat above the shop that was all brand new and that had just been decked out in wooden floorboards, new kitchen, dining room, swish lounge with tv and a fancy dorm with brand new huge bunk beds in them. Certainly not we were used to... What was even better, was that there was only Becki and I and two other guys in ...

Magnetic Island So after arriving at the Townsville bus station, we walked through the terminal building to the other side, where the ferry across to Magnetic Island would collect us. I organised the tickets and then we had 30 mins or so to kill, so Becki and I sat down for a DIY lunch of avocado and tuna on crackers - I'm such a lucky boy! The ferry arrived shortly after that and we boarded it and made our way to the top deck to sit inside in the shade. ...

How do, The alarm sounded at 6.30am and up we got to pack up our bits and pieces and have a quick bite to eat before we were collected. At 7.25am, the 'Jump the Beach' bus pulled up outside Caravella 149 to take us to Mission beach to complete our skydive. After a dozy journey of nearly 2hrs, passing only hills, mountains and sugar cane fields (there appears to be nothing in between each town in Queensland), we arrived at the airfield and base camp of...

Last Night Out in Cairns & Fitzroy Island We trotted off to the lovely place that is 'The Woolshed', for our final $6 upgrade meal and pint of the finest ale. We sat down, had a few laughs, ate the grub and the girls started on the bottles of beer that we'd smuggled in there bags (how cheap!). I headed back to meet the boys at the hostel to drink with the boys. After a good session at the hostel we hit the town and stopped off in PJ's befo...

Cape Tribulation, Daintree and Mossman Jerome and I went and collected the van that we had hired for our trip up to Cape Trib and we returned shortly after. We then all piled our bags into her - I say 'her' because we named her 'Bertha'! The big pile of white tin was going to take us up the coast for a weekend of fun and adventures. After dropping our big bags off at the storage of the new hostel, we were ready to go. Jerome drove and I was th...