Outrigger Twin Towns Resort Coolangatta

... from Townsville). The 1st stop would be Airlie beach.<br>19/5<br>Arrived at Airlie beach on the Conway NP peninsula after an allday drive from Townsville. This area is the main way into the 'Whitsunday' Islands. The town itself is obviously a great attraction to backpackers and thereby highly commercialized. We actually saw a large hoarding publicising the revenue target of 1 billion dollars from tourism in the region by 2012. Needless to say they got nothing from us ...

... top bunk, woke me up by shouting at me that I was to let her know when those two were finished and stormed out of the room. Suffice to say we changed rooms the morning. However our new room was right above the smoking area of the bar and we had to listen to people's load conversations all night so it was a relief we only booked two nights in Coolangatta and we were raring and definitely ready to leave.

... never been. I love the irony of two Americans fresh off the plane telling natives about the wonders of their own national park in Springbrook. After hiking in another location to another waterfall we hit the roads back to the beaches. On the way we stopped for some drinks at a McDonalds of all places and I asked the girl for a medium decaf coffee. At first glance it appeared she was taking great care to process my order ...

... forward paddle, forward paddle" which we were supposed to do vigorously and in unison. Keep in mind, we have a 9 and 11-year old in the boat paddling too. Well, all the work was worth it when we'd finally catch a wave and ride it in. Of course it wasn't that simple, because the waves aren't very forgiving, and they are quite a bit bigger than our little boat. So, we'd have to listen and quickly respond to commands to lean left or ...

... wait 15 minutes for him to catch up. It was a pretty hard climb, but it wasn't so bad. There were numerous waterfalls we walked past and tons of birds and bush turkeys. Some of the trees were as thick as our car. Once we neared the top it was about a 75 degree grade rock climb to the top. I loved it, I've never really rock climbed before, but this was abuot the closest I've ever come. When we reached ...

... one of those people that gets on with everyone - such a nice person, and interesting to talk to in general. One night, I ended up teaching him and Devon, an American dormie yoga for about 40 minutes when Courtney was complaining that he had strained muscles at trapeze school that day. Devon couldn't resist joining in either! It was quite funny - you know how you have certain ideas about what other people will like and dislike, and end up ...

... was a few English, Dutch, Swedish and French Canadians. The later 2 wouldn't say boo to ye. The Swedes were just plain ignorant and rude. You'd say howye, well hello, and they would just blank ye and it happened a few times. Did it to Clodagh too. We are just too nice for a our own good and so polite!! Went to the beach and its just such a beautiful beach. It was fairly packed still from the Blues festival and it was still Easter holidays for the ...

... had a lot of fun, but time to move on. Croc, Man and machine are working really well together now, and cruise up was fantastic, stopping" briefly a couple of times for quick leg stretching and "how're ya goings?"on the way. Was getting dark as we got into Byron, and Gib brought speed right down when he saw a kangaroo on road sign about 20k's from home, as they are likely to be out on road at this time and if you hit them on a bike you are going ...

... package includes 4 nights budget accommodation, shuttle from Te Anau to Te Anau Downs, boat from Te Anau Downs to the start of the track at Glade Wharf, boat from Sandfly Point to Milford Sound, cruise on Milford Sound, shuttle from Milford Sound to Te Anau, sleeping bag and liner, trail map and hiking kit. T he price per person is NZ$545 including GST. I do not recommend the track for children under 10. Prices are valid to 1 November 2007.