The drive from Townsville to Cairns much easier than expected with only and occasional cloud burst every now and then. We even had enough time to veer off the main highway to a little town called Mission Beach to see if we could spot a bird called a Cassowary. It's similar to a emu but more colourful. Unfortunately the elusive bird did...

Arriving into Cairns was a drag. It was so humid that after being outside for 10 minutes you were sweating buckets. Our resort was nice but the memorable part of Cairns was the scuba diving and the white water rafting. SO MUCH FUN! In the morning we were taken to Tully to ride the Tully River early in the morning. When we arrived I started to ge...

We arrived in Cairns very late and were greeted at the hostel by the drunk night manager and his mates chanting football chants including derogatory comments about North East people. Too tired to care and completely sick of retaliating with more chants, which we have had to do more than a few occasions during our time in Australia, we just ...

Returning to Cairns for a couple of days we spent a day at the Great Barrier Reef on board a katamaran skippered by the husband of Chris Jones' cousin. Josh took particularly good care of us ensuring we had two good scuba dives over the reef and a visit to a tiny sand island, Upoulu Cay, barely a few feet above sea level. Although the fish and r...

I arrived in Australia about a week ago, not sure I've been sober at any point since! I'll fill you all in on what I can remember! Flew into Brisbane well early, got stopped by the sniffer dog who clearly liked the smell of my bag! Security gaurd had a quick browse through but luckily the drugs we're all rammed up my ass so he didn't find anythi...

Well so one of the most best days has arrived, I am going to see the Great Barrier Reef!! I've booked a tour on a catamaran to take me to the reef and to do some snorkelling. We left the harbour at 08.00am and needed about two hours to get there. And guess what? We kind of stopped in the middle of the ocean! It feels a bit strange when jumping o...

Knowing that I was headed to Autralia I had hoped to stay with relatives. Unfortunately I seem to be one of the few British people with no relations down under. Luckily help was at hand in the form of lovely Aussie chef Kate who is staying at my parents' guest house. She gave me the names and numbers of some of her family who would be happy to m...

Okkkayyyyy.... Pete's Ozzie Adventure Part 2...wohoo! or not.. Where was I? Ah yeah, I left Brisbane and headed up the coast towards Hervey Bay. Once I got here, I was hoping to go to Fraser Island, and do some whale watching. But, the day I got there it was pouring down with rain and there were massive thunderstorms for the next two days! This ...

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Got up about 4ish. Ventured out for fodder. Back to bed for 9pm - roll on tomorrow. Cheap day though!