We finally arrived in Hervey Bay (pronounced by Aussies here as Harvey Bay). We were picked up by the hostel manager of Kookaburras Hostel (oh the reason I've been travelling with the Swedish sisters is they have booked identical tour package as me). However as we checked in it soon became apparent that my travel agent had once again screwed up! She forgot to book me on a Fraser Island tour so I will now have to wait a further day before leaving and so I wi...

I had my brekkie at the usual time of 7.30am and then sunbathed for the rest of the morning as we sailed back to the mainland. We arrived at Abel Point, gathered our belongings and thanked the crew who left us with the Habibi slogan: "good food, good fun and plenty of it!" Me and the Swedish sisters walked back to Airlie Beach and chilled out in the park for most of the afternoon. Ebba was tired as she had been chatting to a crew member until 5am the previo...

We were all woken up at 7.30am by a horn and had breakfast. We then sailed in the hot, humid conditions to a sheltered bay near Whitehaven beach. We were taken by dinghy to the beach and then walked to the lookout which had the most amazing view of Whitehaven beach. It was the whitest sand I've ever seen and the clearest water-spectacular!! We then walked down to the beach and swam in the shallow waters (In our stinger suits of course-there's dangerous jelly...

I chilled around by the lagoon and put my rucksack/daysack in the luggage storage as you're only allowed a plastic bag full of belongings for the sailing boat. I'm sailing on the Habibi; a 75ft boat. Should be great fun, sailing around the islands and snorkelling. Also they tell you to bring a sleeping bag so you can sleep under the stars! I walked along the coastal footpath in the baking heat, past the marine stingers hazard sign (which details all the jel...

I got up early and walked down to the lagoon with the Swedish sisters. We bought a volleyball and played with it in the lagoon. It was really sunny and I constantly was reapplying sun lotion but when I returned at 7pm I looked in the mirror and I burned my face and back!! :( I had pizza again in the restaurant with the sisters who are coincidently on my sailing boat to the Whitsundays. We checked in at the tour operators and paid the reef tax of $30. We have...