Whitsundays!!! We'd really been looking forward to this part of Australia and it really didn't disappoint. It was defiantly one of the highlights of our whole trip!! Absolutely amazing scenery, great weather and food to go with staying on a sailing boat with 25 other people. Dan, Matt and me started off by meeting the three crew member and straight away got involved with putting up the sails (you need a lot more muscle than you think). The deckhand Amy, didn't s...

We have just arrived back from a 3 day 2 night 4x4 trip on fraiser island. We all had an amazing time with lots of amazing scenery and lots of laughs! The evening before we left we went to the bottle shop to stock up on drink and snacks for the trip, we decided between the 3 of us that 2 boxes of goon (cheap boxed wine) and a crate of beers would be a respectable amount. The next morning we met our guide Alex and were put into groups of 8 and these people would...

This is the place I have been looking forward to so far as we get to go to Australia Zoo!...I'm still such a kid! :) The animals here are well looked after and throughout the day the zoo keepers give talks and shows which make it interesting. We saw comodo dragons, tortoises, pythons, giraffe, tigers, rhinos, kangaroo's and many more. Dan had his picture taken with a huge Python and Sarah had one wiv a baby alligator. The main show that we were all looki...

Today we had a day in Brisbane. There was a market on by the South Bank with lots of lush foods and clothes ;). I have to resist looking at any of these nice things otherwise ill just spend a weeks budget! We had some nice food and sat by the pool then the three of us went to the pub and had an afternoon getting tipsy before Matt made a lovely beef stir fry. This was only a short stop off unfortunately as we are going to Steve Irwin's Zoo tomorrow!! Eeeeek Sara...

We are only here for 2 nights as we are now on a tight schedule. Our hostel was a little bit away from the main town and so when we asked where the closest supermarket was we were told that it was 20mins away...an hour an a bit later we came across it after doing what felt like half a marathon! As we know all take it in turns to cook, tonight was dans turn. Sarah and I were a bit nervous at 1st but he surprised us and cooked very good steaks that we had been lon...