Hi everyone, Fraser Island was stunning. The largest sand island in the world and the sand is like white powder, very similar to Whitehaven beach actually. I spent two nights and three days on the island with 10 other people in a 4x4 exploring the island and had great fun. The lakes are stunning and all different colours; red, yellow, green and blue. Very beautiful scenery and if you're lucky, you can see turtles, dolphins, rays and sharks from India...

Hey guys, After the boat trip incident, I didn't think I'd get to see the Great Barrier Reef up close, but I decided to book a sea plane flight which flew over the reef and took us snorkelling. Snorkelling was amazing, seeing the fish coming up to you, being inquisitive and seeing all the colours of the coral was just fantastic. There's just no better way of seeing the reef than this. We landed in the sea, got taken in a boat to Hardy Reef and wat...

Hi all, Well what can I say? They say you learn a lot about yourself when you go travelling and I learned a big lesson yesterday. We'd booked ourselves a cruise from Airlie Beach (Shute Harbour) to Daydream Island, Hamilton Island and Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island. The journey from Shute harbour to Daydream was fine. We got there in 15 minutes and got off to see a lovely small resort and spa, inhabited only by a few holiday makers and loa...

Greetings from Airlie Beach! Well we arrived yesterday morning only to find it raining, so no beach for us! Airlie Beach itself isn't really a beach so much as a man made lagoon amongst some pretty impressive rocky coast line. The general impression is you need to get to the islands to see some nice beaches, so that's what we're doing tomorrow. We're booked on a cruise to take us to Daydream Island, Hamilton Island (how apt for Martine) and Whitehaven bea...