hi all, Still in mission beach!  yesterday me, nicole and trisha (the girls i met the other day)went to the beach (over-rated) and nearly got flattened by lots of skydivers landing on the beach!!  We decided to head back to the hostel pool to hang out which was probably wise.  Didn't like all the beasts that were attacking me though - lots more beasts up in this region. Last night we went out with the rest of the hostel to the 'local'.  It was full ...

hi all, I'm having to write this a second time as the computers in my hostel crashed. I wrote the whole thing and it dissapeared! That is one of my biggest complaints about the east coast - the computers are crap, the connection is much slower and generally much more expensive. I simply have no patience with slow internet, grrr! Another annoyance is crap hostels that are just there to wrip backpackers off! The hostel i was in last night was bad! The 'e...

Hi all, Im in mission beach now. Arrived over 3 hours late last night! Sat and chatted to this plane engineer from canada all the way up to mission. I'm sure i'll pump into him again as he is doing the west coast around the same time. Also, Met a girl I shared a room with in airlie so her and this canadian girl and i are going to go down the beach if the weather stays nice. Also, met this irish guy who i went to fraser island with, we keep bumping into e...

Hi all, Just arrived in townsville, not much to see here. can't find wayne until he checks his email and realises that I dont have his number!! Im staying in a really weird hostel, its a bit of a dive. My room has a shower in it with just a tiny curtain to hide behind - should be interesting!! Im going to bed now as i didnt get much sleep last night. I met up with my group for a bit and then met up with sholah and her roomates. We then had a mouse in the ro...

hi all, got to be super quick. So, wayne never got back to me so im travelling on to mission beach today. I leave at 2ish this afternoon and get in at 6pm. Goiing to laze around on the beach for a few days before hitting cairns as its cheaper there (so I have heard). Got to use factor 30 as I got myself a bit too black the other day on the boat and i dont want to turn into a wrinkly prune! Last night I went to bed fairly early (9pm). My corner of the room had...