Avoided crocodiles, cyclones, scorpions, stingers, sharks and having a whale of a time. Went snorkelling for the first time with a dive master who was very patient. The great Barrier reef was something else. We visited it twice, once from Port Douglas when staying at Cairns where we went out to Agincourt reef and had a look from a semi submersible and the second time from cape tribulation. Cape tribulation is pretty much the end of normal road and is 4wd after th...

After Sydney we flew to Brisbane. Brisbane also seemed quite lively with similar deals with the ferries buses and trains. We took a bus out to Lonely Pine, the koala sanctuary. We had no sooner paid when we heard the rumbling of thunder in the distance. We had been wandering around looking at various marsupials, some we had never heard of, when the thunder seemed to be getting nearer and we felt the spots of rain. Taking shelter in a gazebo we were soon joined by...