After we had been diving we tried to relax over the next few days. We went out on valentine’s day as it was Steve and Jo’s last day and we thought as it was Valentine’s day why not. We bought ourselves a mini laptop as well as we figured we would save so much as wireless is cheaper than internet cafes and we should be able to keep up to date easier. Over the few days running up to Carina’s bday we went to the lagoon in the town centre a few times and Davi...

So here goes!!! It was an early start up at 4.15am which was a shock to my system to say the least, especially when I didn't have a clue what was going on, that's right I wasn't allowed to know anything including what time we had planned on getting up! When I got back from the shower I was greeted by balloons on the bed surrounding a tinkerbell box with goodies inside. I was only allowed to open 1 of the 2 pressies inside; the other was to be opened later. With o...

So we finally arrived in Cairns at about 1.30pm on Monday 9th Feb after the interesting journey from Townsville. We stocked up on the alcohol as we decided we all deserved a celebratory drink. The evening was full of chit chat about the day’s events and how we actually made it to Cairns. It wasn’t such a late night as we were all so tired from being up t 3am! We spent a bit of time going round supermarkets trying to buy the essentials as the shelves were stil...

We last left you leaving Arlie beach which was some time ago now, and with very good reason! Unbeknown to us it would be one hell of an adventure heading North. Although it had rained a lot on the way to Townsville and some roads were closed it was not too bad but the 2nd forming cyclone had not hit land just yet, but soon enough it came in worse than the first with the result of cutting off all routes North of Townsville. On waking after a night in the campsite ...

As the weather had been turning for the worst and we couldnt find any rest areas to camp at we decided to head straight to Airlie Beach. Once there we drove around looking for the best place to pull up for the night. We thought it would be best to find shelter due to the weather. We found a carpark next to the lagoon but were soon told be some other campas not to stay there as we would most definately be told to move on. We were told about a place up the road. Th...