Currently in Airlie Beach, about to go on my two day sailing trip of the Whitsundays, which I'm looking forward to providing my seasickness tablets work ok. It feels like I'm squeezing in so many activities on my way up the East Coast and the time is flying; I fly to Alice Springs from Cairns a week today. Finally it's hot - I think I achieved a bit of classy sunburn yesterday. Unfortunately I spent the past few days mainly on a coach looking at the sun out of ...

I'm now in Rainbow Beach, Queensland, having covered a lot of miles in the past week since I left Sydney. Rainbow Beach is one of the gateways to Fraser Island, where I will be going for a three day, two night tour tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to that and hoping for good weather; it's certainly improved as I've gone up the East Coast but the sunbathing conditions are still a bit temperamental. I almost got washed into the sea today with some careless sunb...