Our drive from Magnetic Island/Townsville was a very wet one, it rained practically the whole way down, and the fact that the driver felt the need to play 'rain songs' was not very uplifting! We arrived in Airlie Beach in the evening (and yes it was raining!). We were staying in a hostel called Koalas, which doesn't have the best of reputations, but the room was basic enough for what we needed and we didn't actually see any bedbugs! The Oz bus arranged a table ...

MAGNETIC ISLAND So it's our last night on Magnetic Island and here's the low down on what we have been up to for the last couple of days. We arrived on the ferry from Townsville on Thursday and just had a day chilling out by the pool. We are in a hostel called XBase which is right on the beach and we are sleeping in funky little huts which don't have the best aircon. Friday morning we got up and went to pick up our moke for the day, I was very pleased as it wa...

Hi everyone, We had another early start as we boarded the Oz Experience bus, who we're travelling with down the East Coast. On the Oz bus not only do they drive you to your destinations they also throw in a few add on trips and keep you entertained! On our journey from Cairns to Mission Beach we first stopped off at Babinda. Here we went to the bakery and had the best pie ever!!! We didn't do much here it was just a wee and breakfast stop! Next stop was a cro...

Hello again! Sorry we have not been keeping you updated but we had a slight change of plans as Michelle and I were ill, pretty much after our last entry and spent two days in bed!!! This meant cape tribulation and the reef were postponed! FRI DAY 4 Right...so when we were feeling better we took a trip to the Botanic gardens. We had quite a nice walk (which we have some piccys of) After the gardens we came back into the centre of Cairns and went to Cairns museu...

Hello everyone, We're finally here!!!! Thankyou for all your lovely messages, it's great to see everyone writing to us! Heres a quick low down of the plane trip and our arrival into oz! PLANE We were second in the queue to check in, so that was quick and easy. Once checked in we chilled out with a drink in spoons, I was gettin quite nervous at this point (Michelle)! Looked round the shops and waited. Qantas were really good. Had our own tellys, where we cou...