Best Western The Entrance Reef

... we did and we are now writing to you from KL airport waiting for our last connection to Heathrow.<br><br>We're very sad to be leaving and are already planning trips to come back out but are definitely looking forward to catching up with all of you. Six weeks has flown by for us but we realised the other day that it is actually quite a big chunk of the year.<br><br>See you all soon xxxxxxx<br><br>PS Stay tuned for our next adventure, coming soon....................

... it was all ok!! The guy opened the back door straight away (all ten of us had been squeezing out of the small door!) and the roof rack wasn't mentioned!! Last night we went to a hostel down the road where a lady who was staying in our dorm was singing and a guy was playing the guitar. It was wicked. I also met some people I'd been travelling with last week so it was really cool to see them! I arrived in the town of 1770 ...

... making drinks. he had a full outdoor bar with keg,taps,optics,beer fridge and the spread on the table has to be seen to be believed. all cooked by mikes parents Rosie and Jim lol. that night consisted of alot of drinking smoking listening to their crazy stories as i believed all of them due to the look the wild in their eyes. and alot of gun talk... i was waiting for someone to get shot.it didn't happen towards the end of the night we were lying on the ...

... with the huge white light finale that filled the night sky. We hadnt then really given much thought to the return journey and there was much confusion over what ferries and busses were actually running. We, on the advice of the Rotary Club members who had been cooking sausages and burgers, parted company with Zoe and Ed and their crew in search of busses. They had to walk to Mossman, the next bay along, to catch a ferry back across the ...

... the point where the best surfing was, so we got to shore, walked down the beach, and started the hard part - getting back into the water past the super strong waves. It was a repeat of before... he pulled and pushed and somehow got me past the breaking point (I was nearly drowning getting waves crashing in my face time after time). Finally I got past it all and clammered up onto the board and paddled and paddled. At somepoint I looked behind me and he ...

After successfully managing to sleep through the Christmas day celebrations (no doubt, aided by Jeigermeister shots), we awoke very early on boxing day in exactly the same position on Craig's sofa. It must've been around 5.00am and dotted around the apartment were various sleeping revelers, most of whom, we never actually got to meet. Oh well, when you've had enough, you've had enough and no Christmas is complete without someone falling asleep on the sofa. We quickly recognised the ...

Merry Christmas everyone!! We're up to speed with the blog at last! Wow. What can I say? Christmas down under is strange, sunshine and Christmas trees just don't look right if you ask me. Where's the holly? The snowmen? The robins? The miserable cold weather? The ridiculously decorated houses that are doing their bit to kill the polar bears that have adorned council estates all over the country since late August? They do 'do' Christmas, but it's not as you know it cap'n ...

... the sharks are so used to a set pattern that they just leave the divers alone, the biggest threat was the turtles! Aparently they are quite interested in stuff in the tank and very clumbsy, so they'll be lloking at a diver and then swim into the next diver! hahaah!! John said they take you through a training video then some hands on tuition then staight in the wet suit and into the traingin tank, which is in the same water as the main tank! It even had fish in it!!!! They told ...

... I got to go on an hour Scuba Dive with an instructor from South Africa who was a great guy. I bought an underwater Camera and filled it up quite quickly. I can hardly wait to get the film developed. After the dive I convinced Mum to go snorkeling with me and after getting her into a nice comfy life jacket we took to the water ha ha. Time flew and next thing you know we were back in Airlie Beach. I was supposed to get into a game in Mackay at 7:30pm ...

Today we were roadtripping further north to Terrigal and the Entrance. we also had a mission to find a coffee table for my sister.first stop was a shopping centre that was both massive in size (we didnt even scratch the surface of it) and desolate. It was rather uneventful (found no coffee tables) until we met a rather racist sales assistant in a clothing boutique. Disgustedly we set off on the highway headed to the Entrance, along the way stopping off at another shopping centre ...