Abbie - This morning we got up quite early and got packed to go to Magnetic Island. Then we left and went to the ferry depot. We got on the ferry at 8.45. The engine started revving and we were off. The view on the way over was great and surprisingly the ferry was fast. When we pulled into Nelly Bay we got off and went to hire our Moke (the Moke is a small car with no doors or windows, that has a shade cover). Then we headed off in the Moke. The first bay we went...

Abbie - We woke up and got dressed. We stayed at the caravan park for a couple of hours, doing washing and planning for the days ahead. Finally we decided that it was time to go out somewhere. First we went to Anaconda to get some snorkelling gear from Magnetic Island. Then we went and looked at the view of Townville from Castle Hill. The view was great and the breeze was warm. After we went to look at where we depart from the cruise. Then we had an ice-cream! It...

Abbie - This morning we left Marathon, after packing up. Then we almost drove all day, but finally we got to Townsville on the coast. When we got there we set up and went to get some fish and chips, to have on the beach. After dinner we looked at a few pieces of art. Then we went back to the caravan park and went to bed. Olivia - This morning we packed up the van and headed for Townsville in Queensland. We got three and set up the van. We were planning on swim...

Abbie - We awoke early to some annoying galahs. We were up and straight to it. We had showers and breakfast and then packed up. After we left Mount Isa. Then at Cloncurry we stopped for petrol and a quick snack. After we headed off for Julia Creek for lunch at a park. After a great lunch we left to go to Richmond. At Richmond we went to Kronosaurus Korner. It is all about fossils. We paid to have a self-guided tour and we quickly watched a clip on some animals fr...

Abbie - We decided to stay here at the caravan park until we were ready to go on the tour. So we had breakfast and went to the visitor information centre, where the tour departs from. First we quickly had a look at the "Isa Experience". It had lots of history about mining and some interesting sculptures. Then our tour guide, named Bill, took us to get dressed into special mining gear. The kids got clothes, boots, belts and hard hats. Then we went and got lights f...