Today we drove 340km south to Rockhampton, or Rocky to the locals. Rockhampton, known as the gateway to the Capricorn coast as it us the town closest to the tropic and is the self proclaimed beef capital of Australia with over 2.5 million cattle with a 200km radius of the town. Safe to say it doesn't have much else going for it! To be fair we only stayed 1 night but didn't really need any longer to see the towns delights. Town really was cowboy central,  it fel...

Saturday and Sunday night we stayed in the spa suite at the Coral Sea resort in Airlie, the suite included a Jacuzzi and hammock on the balcony over looking the coral sea, well you do have to treat yourself every now and then. It was nice to have a bit on luxury after 2 days at sea. Don't get me wrong the boat trip was amazing but there's only so long you can share 2 toilets and 1 shower with 12 other people. Saturday night we made the most of the hotel, we ord...

So we're back on dry land following our 2 days at sea. Don't think it will be an experience Steph will be in a hurry to repeat, I on the other hand loved every second of it. Thursday, we left our camper van in the storage area at the camp site and after packing lightly, 2 bags and an esky full of beer later, we met our boat, Adventurer, at Abell Point Marina. Ali, our deckie or mum for the next 2 days explained the plan and on board we went to meet our skipper C...

We've been in Airlie Beach for 3 days, staying at Adventure Whitsunday camp site, which is actually in Cannonvale the next suburb about 7km outside of Airlie, it's a much bigger area than we expected, lots of housing and plenty of shops, bars and restaurants.  The camp site is bar far the best we have stayed in, the facilities are brilliant and they have a swimming pool with slides, a jumping pillow, which adults aren't allowed on!!! and an 18 hold mini golf co...

Magnetic Island is located 8km off the coast of Townsville and was discovered by Captain Cook in 1770, although he never set foot on the island. A lot of people have asked why it is called Magnetic Island, we were told that when Cook passed the island his compass pointed to the island instead of North, nobody can explain why this phenomenon occurred and it has never happened since.  We traveled to the island by sea link ferry and booked a 3 hour tour in a stret...