I know that I keep saying "WOW" but I cant stop!! This trip is so incredible! I have just got back from some time in the middle of the Rainforest righ in the North of Queensland. The forest is soo dense and seems to go on forever. It was facinating to wind up the hills from sugar cane country, accross the Daintree River, where I went on a boat and saw crocodiles - one was 5m long! Over the river we started to climb into the rainforest. It was ama...

As I was in the water today a song triggered in my head - from Top Gun - "Take my Breath Away"! Today was AMAZING! Greetings from Mission Beach, a small spot we arrived at last night on the way up to Cairns. As we arrived they were doing a fantastic Fireshow at the hostel - Im going to learn a little bit tomorrow. Might be a pro in time for the wedding John and Manu, if your short on entertainment!! May also have burnt my hair off, but lets hope not! ...

Hola! Happy Easter! Thought I would sit down and write this on Easter Day so you would know I'm thinking of you all at home today! Aah! Well, first of all this postcard comes with a warning: May be hazardous to your health if prone to jealousy or sitting inside at work watching rain outside! There, have warned you, so can now lift all sensors and tell you exactly how PERFECT my Whitsunday sailing experience was! We arrived in Airlie Beach o...

Yee ha!! I had an amazing day when we travelled inland into the cattle farming country of Queensland. We stayed in Rockhampton, which is known as the centre for cattlemarkets. From here we went further inland a few hours to a family run cattle station. The land was vast, with yellowy grass everywhere and lots of red soil! We went on a big trail ride, jumping logs, barrel racing around trees and rounding up the other horses to move them into different...

6 people we had never met. 1 4x4 'troopie'. 2 tents. some food. a map, tide times and a first aid kit..... .... sounds like something out of Surviver doesn't it! Fleur and I went on a self-drive 3 day trip to Fraser Island - the largest sand island in the world, which has heaps of freshwater lakes, rainforest, sandunes, ship wrecks, amazing vegetation and wildlife, and lots more. We camped on the beach under the stars - saw the Milky Way real...