Agnes Water Hideaway B&B

... brilliantly, and you get to eat lots of mints) for the 75 minute journey we took our seats at the back of the boat. We were just celebrating the boat being so empty and quiet near to our departure time, when a bus load of japanese people arrived and filled the boat to bursting! They all took their seats and we set off, and were given a presentation about the day by a young lad. At the end of his bit he said we could all go to the front of the boat to take pictures, and ...

... engine between my thighs (sorry, what has happened to me!) there is 6 progs, on national geographic apparently early next year! So before setting off, I grab myself the most awesome leather jacket for my trip, it is black with red, orange and yellow flames up the back and arms, now I really feel like a biker chick! I meet 2 girls (Gemma and Natalie) who are also equally terrified, altho Gemma used to do motorcross so I am sure she will be fine. We set off, and it is ...

Went on an acrobatic flight over the reef yesterday. You go up in a 4 seater plane, you get a shot at flying it (it's illegal but they let you anyway!) then the pilot does loop to loops, rolls, dives and twists over the stunning landscape. You expereience G force and what feels like zero gravity. It's mad.<br><br>You then land on a deserted beach for a wander, get back in ...

... up with all their own gear, so unlike snowboarding where falling over is mainly only done on the nursery slopes with surfing it depends on a few different factors. I think i must have hit my head to many times, I'm actually analyzing it in that much detail. After more than 2 hours we all were completely beat up and called it a day and headed back to the beach. I found Laura in exactly the same place busily reading another book and trying not to look like she had fallen asleep ...

... 40 each for a 2 hour lesson and the clock started as soon as we were picked up, so a much better deal here. Laura was still a bit ache and wanted to sit on the beach and relax instead. So the main instructor said that if I wanted to just go straight in the water and go for it myself or I could sit and listen to his way of doing things. I went for the latter as I thought its always good to hear someone else's way of doing things ...

... the newspaper had been on that site since 1862 but this building was much newer! There were two fine heritage-listed hotels/inns but both had been allowed to place big new signs detracting from the otherwise splendid appearance (one also had a series of ill-judged extensions for off-sales and a motel which are best left un-investigated)<br><br>Rocky, as it is known locally, prides itself on being the &#8217;Beef Capital of Australia&#8217; and therefore promised us a ...

... Matt and Lori managed to wangle it to get the keys to their new home early and in time to host both ourselves and the Corky&#8217;s from Sept 22nd for firstly Lori&#8217;s birthday (20th) and then Joden&#8217;s birthday (27th) celebrations. We were all very excited to be seeing them all again. Matt was rapt he would have some fellas to help him unpack his container that would arrive during the week we were there with all their furniture.<br><br>The Corky&#8217;s ...

... little car park was the exact spot where Captain cook first moored when he arrived on these shores and there was a monument to commemorate it. 1770 looked even nicer by day and we saw the actual size of the houses, they were more like mansions really. We had a quick walk around the beach and harbour, took a few photos before setting off on the road again.

... with less expectations. I could relax more and spent much more time lying still in the water checking out all the little christmas tree worms on the reef and the colourful parrot fish and wrasse that were swimming around. I managed to find a family of nemos which are actually pretty difficult to locate, and I smiled to myself as this place really looked like the reef in the film. A couple more turtles passed me along the way but were too quick to follow, and then suddenly a huge ray ...

... be fine. However, we copped a huge storm - the roads were flooding again and it was all very grim. And then the coach broke down, seemingly in the middle of nowhere....<br><br>The brave driver grabbed an umbrella and headed out in the driving rain to see what was happening with the coach. The rain was worryingly heavy, but we made light conversation - the thought of being stuck here in the middle of nowhere was in the back of our minds but ...