Australia...the end So now we were just two, Dolly was no longer with us and we were feeling a bit lost. Cairns wasn't really what we were expecting, in our minds we thought it would be a city like Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne but it it wasn't at all, more like a seaside town on a bigger scale. Hence there wasn't a great deal to do but the weather was absolutely boiling so we took advantage of a few days rest and relaxation before New Zealand and chilled out at...

The Campervan Adventures... Chapter 9..Farwell Dolly :( So this is the final chapter of our campervan adventures will Dolly. Dropping the old girl off for our final farewell in Cairns was quite emotional but before we get to that there are our last few days of navigating the east coast to get to. Townsville Next stop after Airlie Beach was Townsville, where we spent two nights. There wasn't a great deal to do here really. Most people who come to Townsvil...

The Campervan Adventures Chapter 8...'The Whitsundays.. WOWZA!' Not even being woken up before sunrise each morning, arriving home with a rash or having to wear the most unattractive all-in-one blue suit every time we went in the sea could take away from the beauty of the Whitsunday Islands.Honestly, it was utter paradise with beaches like nothing we'd ever seen before and having the chance to see, with our own eyes, the Great Barrier Reef was incredible. We ar...

The Campervan Adventures Chapter 7...'Are we there yet Mum?..'Time for a detox and a couple of days on the road to reach our next destination- Airlie Beach.We're over halfway through our five weeks on the road now and (bar the first days calamity) we're really enjoying the drive. Airlie is about 850km up the Queensland coast from Hervey Bay and so we have two quite long journeys to our two stopover points. Long drives coupled with needing to recover from all th...

The Campervan Adventures Chapter 6.. 'Dangerous Sam and the pasta explosion..'Fraser Island- a world heritage listed sand island- was our destination for our three day 4x4 tag-along tour. As described by the Lonely Planet Fraser is "an ecological wonderland like nowhere else on earth". As described by me, Fraser is "like being in Jurassic Park, only with dingos not dinosaurs".There were about 50 of us in total on the trip and we were split in...