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, 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...