We spent two days in Surfers Paradise. On the first day we spent far too long updating the journal (see previous entry), walked around the shops, slept, and went into town in the evening for a few drinks. We bumped into our friend Owen who we started the Oz Experience with but he'd left us behind in Magnetic Island so it was cool to see a familiar face. The following day we went to the big mall where I continued to replace all the clothes I brought on our ...

G'day folks Sorry for the delay in updating. We are both still alive. After Magnetic Island we went to Airlie Beach to embark on our sailing trip of the Whitsundays. Our boat, Spank Me, was due to leave the day after we arrived. However, a big mix-up ensued with Jo being booked on the boat without me. This also happened to our Scottish friends - only one of them was booked on. There was only one way to resolve the situation - flipping a coin. I went with my...

How're you going?We chilled out in Cairns for a day or so before heading up to Cape Tribulation where rainforest meets the beach. In Cairns I got bitten by sandflies a ridiculous number of times (28 on one arm) so heading to the rainforest in some respects was rather foolish. I got bitten lots more. But they've calmed down now and they're picking on Jo. Meanies.We did a short cruise down the Daintree River and saw a tree snake and baby crocodile. We s...

G'day everybody,We're disappointed that we've only heard a couple of people say 'g'day' and its been 4 days. We flew to Melbourne spent about 12 hours in a hotel before flying to Cairns early on Thursday. We're finally somewhere warm its awesome! The air-conditioning means I have to wear jumpers inside and need to go outside to warm up! We've thrown away loads of clothes, mainly jumpers (sorry mum but the thermals have been dispose...

Jo was obviously a little scared of the Canyon Swing because she was asking questions about it in her sleep. There are over 10 different jump styles and Jo said she was going to do the easiest ones but the operators wouldn't let her! The easiest one is to let them release you so you don't have to jump off the ledge. However, Jo managed to slide off one dude's knee and plunge into the canyon below, screaming loudly. She was very brave and I was proud o...