Mission Beach was our starting point for our White water rafting on the Tully river. Straight away we were asked if we wanted to upgrade for free to the Extreme Rafting as they needed an extra 2 people on the rafts, so we did! There are 2 companies that raft the river which basically means during the day it turns into rush hour traffic at every rapid, but luckily with the extreme rafting we got to get on the river first. Basically you raft the same rapids as the ...

We had a relaxing week in Townsville, doing nothing but sit on the beach and chill out before we headed up to Cairns. Cairns is a really touristy town, it has a million tour booking places and lots of bars etc, but it's justified as there is so much to do here. We were a bit unlucky when we first arrived as the weather wasn't good for us. It was non-stop raining, we totally forgot how depressing the rain is (feel sorry for you guys). So we waited for a few days f...

We started off in Litchfield National Park, at Wangi Falls. We had heard you could swim at the bottom of the falls. The falls were beautiful and there was a gorgeous pool surrounding them, but swimming was banned as the water levels were too high as we have just come out of the wet season. If the water levels are too high there is an increase in the chance of Saltwater crocs being in the area, so when the water is above a certain level they ban swimming. Before t...

Alice Springs was an excellent stop. I was expecting a real country town, but I was totally wrong, it's quite modern, no doubt due to all the tourism. Alice Springs has a large community of Aboriginal people, the Arenette people, and I decided that Alice would be a good place to learn more about the Aboriginal people. Unfortunately I have heard a lot of racist red neck comments on my travels from Australians so I wanted to see the other side. We decided to do a t...

We had all of our supplies ready for our adventure into the outback, water, extra fuel and lots of tins. We left form Port Augusta, a town with great views of the Flinders Ranges and that is all it really had going for it. Our first stop was Coober Pedy, an Opal mining town, in the middle of the desert. People made homes, churches and shops underground due to the high temps, which can reach 50 degrees. Luckily its autumn now so it wasn't too bad for us. We visite...