Tonka the wombat We woke up to realise we had run out of bread so Rich quickly popped to the onsite shop to get some to make our picnic. The man was teasing Rich because he couldn't find the bread even though it was staring right at him. By the time Rich was back from the shop, Rach pointed out that we had run out of butter for the bread so she went off to shop herself. The man must have thought we were a right pair. Now fully equipped, we got the picnic ready...

A day trip to Maggie After enjoying our previous day in Townsville, we decided that would stay another day and travel to Magnetic Island which is only 8km from Townsville. We had collected a few leaflets of different packages available for the island and had decided on a package that included return ferry tickets, a complimentary drink on board and a day hire for a moke. It was really reasonable and we were pleasantly surprised that when we rang up to book it...

Townsville The next destination we decided to head for was Townsville - thanks to a recommendation from our Lonely Planet guide. To break up the journey we made stops at different towns including a small place called Lucinda to see their 6km jetty. It was really pretty here and there were some stunning houses and one decorated like a grotto with lots of Christmas items scattered around the garden. All the street lamps were hand painted with different images o...

Rich loses his thong We decided to make the short twenty minute journey to Dunk Island using the water taxi service. While the leaflet boldly stated in colourful writing that this was a 'jetty to jetty' service, this was not the case. Instead we had to climb into the water then clamber into the small but impressively modern boat. We wanted to reach the boat as quick as possible due to some of the horror stories we had heard about jelly fish from our neighbours. ...

Mission Beach We left Kurramine campsite in a bit of a hurry due to a heavy downpour. Rach was still in her pyjamas and had to get changed in the back of the van at a nearby petrol station. Australia had experienced a seven year drought but the rain was certainly making an appearance since we had arrived in Oz. Our first stop was to a town called Tully to hit the shops. Ironically enough, considering the current weather situation, Tully is famous for being t...