Happy bonfire night, not that the Ausie's know........We had a big trip planned for today, snorkelling in the world famous Great Barrier Reef. We had a 40km boat ride which took about two hours unfortunately about an hour in Rachael started to feel ill. She went to sit at the back of the boat and spent the rest of the journey throwing up into a paper bag. By the time we got to the reef Tom was also (along with many others on the boat) feeling worse from the rough...

We arrived in Australia a little earlier than planned but it didn't make much difference to us as we needed to change terminals and fly out of Brisbane to Cairns three hours later. We sat in departures tired out and couldn't afford any food or drink so we just had to hope they'd hand some out on the next flight. We eventually boarded the plane and after a short while the lovely (much nicer than the previous Qantas staff) gave out a few brews and muffins! Rachael ...