Hi All, Arrived in Cairns in seriously tropical heat and was mightily relieved to find a nice air conditioned room at the hostel! The heat here is just silly, was 35 yesterday with stinky humidity too. I shouldn't reeally complain though, i hear there's frost and ice in London??? Ha ha. Anyway, there's not much to do in Cairns apart from snorkel and dive (Which I can't be bothered to do) so I booked a trip up to Cape Tribulation which is "Where the rainfo...

Hi All, I'm sitting in an air conditioned internet room thank god because hot is not the word for this place!! Have spent the day melting but has been awesome! Went on a wildlife presentation this morning where I got to hold a croc (But just a baby one) red tailed black cockatoo, a koala (So cute it's not true), and a snake who tried to strangle me! The hostel I'mstaying at is also a wildlife reserve so it's all on site which is great! They have possums and wo...

Hi! Have had a fantastic few days on the farm! Managed to stay awake till 6:30 and then got picked up and taken to Myella Farm. It's a working beef farm but I think the main income is now farmstays for tourists and travellers. The weather was glorious but to do any activities we had to wear jeans, long sleeved shirts and boots which made it a VERY sweaty few days! The first day we arrived around 8AM and the first activity was horse riding. I've only done this ...

Hi All, Survived my self drive safari nd it ws great fun! We were driving a hot pink 4 x 4 whaich could be spotted WHEREVER you were on Fraser Island! I met the 8 people I was to share a jeep with and thankfully they were all cool, a few Scottish lads, one Canadian lad, a Swedish girl and a couple from London (Dollis Hill Mafia....) Anyway, our first task was the shopping for the three days which was relatively painless! We bought loads of pasta, bread and chee...

Hi All, Have made it to Brisbane via a fab few days with Mel in Surfers. Can't say we did anything too constructive! It rained a lot so we watched loads of chessy DVDs, ate too much, drank WAY too much and I even helped with hostel cleaning (Well I was staying for free it was the least I could do) I managed the washing up in two rooms before I had to go back to bed ha ha. Seriously though, was great to see some family and a familiar face so thank you Mel for loo...