Woo-hoo, I'm still in Airlie Beach. Joy. Welcome to all my fellow Spank Me passengers (don't worry, you can unsubscribe from this waffle any time you like). At least, all the passengers whose e-mail addresses I could read after the sheet of paper got covered with beer. "Drumbeat" was built in WA and was originally owned by notorious Australian businessman Alan Bond. She won the Sydney to Hobart race in 1990, and he celebrated this win with a glass in...

As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted by the clock last time, I have to tell you about a horse. Tuesday morning meant leaving Base Backpackers on Magnetic Island to catch the bus at 7:25am, then heading towards Horseshoe Bay to Bluey's Ranch. In addition to Kim and me, there was a bunch of girls from Perth (Scottish version, not the Australian rip-off) and a few from other countries as well. While we waited for everyone to get there, we ha...