After the Whit Sundays, me and Amanda headed to townsville for an overnight stay on Magnetic Island. There is not much to see or do on the Island but there is a Koala sancturaray where you can hold a Koala which is something we both really wanted to do. We had a great afternoon getting our photo's taken holding a variety of animals including a s...

After a long trip up the coast we finally reached the end of our bus pass and landed in Cairns and the most famous home to the Great Barrier and gateway into the north tropics of Queensland. Keep watching this space for the account of diving on the reef, a croc cruise in the Daintree and the sights of Cape Tribulation.

Hejsa med jer alle sammen, Det var så Østkysten, har set en del, men langt fra nok. Nu begynder turen så vest på og dernæst syd på. Sidst jeg skrev havde jeg min egen lille lejlighed i Airlie Beach, men nu er jeg tilbage på dormitorier af diverse størrelser, alt mellem 4 og 12 personer. Fra Airlie Beach tog jeg til Townsville og derfra ud på Mag...

I figured since I had some more days in Australia then I couldn't leave without seeing one of the wonders of the world, the Great Barrier Reef. And since the only real way to see it is by diving, I signed up for a certification course and reef trip all in one. So for the last week I have been in Cairns, where it was sunny and very warm, and aft...

Ah yes we've landed in Cairns and the weather's glorious. Time to book ourselves in for a few dives on the great barrier reef, yaay. But first we decided to do a tour of the Daintree rainforest and Cape Tribulation. The day started off sunny as we headed north for the Daintree river cruise to spot some crocs. The cruise was nice and we saw a cou...

Cairns Looking at a map of Australia you can see there is a road that takes you through Greenvale, Ravenshoe, and Mareeba to get to Cairns. It seemed like a good idea at the time of planning the trip, so I didn't have to backtrack from Cairns to Townsville when I came back down the coast. However, I'm really pleased I checked in at a service sta...

3 jours, 2 nuits a bord du Scubapro II. De la plongee en apnee comme on ne peut que rever ! wow ! Karl etait comme un poisson dans l'eau, Aglae s'est decouvert un grand interet pour cette activitee et Nadine a pu affronter sa peur de l'eau ! Notre routine journaliere pour ce trip de bateau etait constitue de trois etapes bien simples qui ont su ...

D*y 219 - Tuesd*y 13 April Bus into town *t 9.30 *m *nd book d*y trips for the rest of the week through BTS. At eleven we bo*rd the BTS minibus to Mossm*n Gorge. It is only * h*lf hour drive to the gorge. There *re quite * few folk *bout so we elect not to swim but t*ke * w*lk through the forest inste*d. It is very w*rm *nd the w*lk is nice *lth...

24th January - 5.5 hours travelling from Townsville to Cairns and we are nearly at the top of Queensland and boy can you feel the difference in temperature! It's like sticking your head in a tumble drier while the clothes are still damp but at the same time someone is shining a torch in your face! Cairns Central YHA (there are 2 YHAs in Cairns) ...