Diving, Drowning and Disgrace!!! read on....... At last the sun came out in Cairns and we could see what everyone had been banging on about! Cairns really is very beautiful with the green rainforest hills and crystal blue sea! We went for a day trip out to the great Barrier Reef where I did my first ever dive. It was sooooo scary but I am so pleased I did it. Think I was the most nervous person (issues with being underwater - thanks Ross) but it turned out that ...

Gigantor and Stinger save the day!! So, after a miserable few days on Magnetic Island in the relentless rain we finally got back to Townsville on the mainland where we checked into a hostel with Soph, Matt, Jess and a bunch of our Oz exp mates to wait out the flooding. You would think by now they wud have sorted out some sort of system to stop the roads flooding. Severe depression began to set in when Dad informed me that people have been known to be stranded i...

I'd love to say the weatheris the same as in the picture but it is still raining and hasnt stopped in days! Dont laugh! I'm sure magnetic Island is beautiful in the sunshine but it is pouring. On the Ferry over here a guy told us he had never known it that rough in over 5 years. Its mad, the locals love it as they havent had rain in months but we are desperate for sun! Today we went to a Koala sanctury and held a croc, lizard and python which was pretty ...

We left Hervey Bay on the overnight bus to Airlie Beach and arrived at 9am. We spent that day lazing by the lagoon (also known as the sperm back for obvious and disgusting reasons!!). Met up with Soph, Justin and Rosie and went out for drinks with them in the evening. On Monday we started out snorking trip around the Whitsunday Islands which again was such good fun! Again we had a wicked group of 21 - mostly girls for a change - hooorah! Our skipper Rob was from ...

Hi all! since I last wrote I have been having lots of adventures! Shipwrecks, Sailing, driving 4x4s and camping with randoms and dingos! Great fun! I'll start last wednesday when we got up early for our Frazer Island briefing and met our group for the next 3 days. There were 7 of us in total in our van plus the other group who we stayed with for most of the trip. We made really good friends with these two GIRLS! from our 4x4 - Jade and Charlotte. We also had...