Yesterday Hannah and I decided to take a closer look at one of the islands that made up the Whitsunday’s so we purchased return ferry tickets to Daydream Island. We took our time in getting up and getting ready because today was actually the first day we didn’t have to get up early for whatever reason. We walked all the way back to the marina at Abel Point and caught the mid-morning ferry across to stunning Daydream Island, it took around 20 minutes to get there. Daydream Island was a very small island which had one large resort with facilities open to the public. We walked around the resort past an amazing looking swimming pool to have a look at the world’s largest open air aquarium. It was really impressive actually, full of loads of different ... read more

25/11/2009 - After a fantastic time in Cairns it was time to move on even though we could have easily spent longer there. We got our stuff ready and checked out of the hostel, we caught a taxi to the Greyhound coach terminal. We were a little early so in the meantime we sat in the café opposite and had some breakfast. Soon enough the coach arrived and we jumped on board. Including our lunch stop just off the motorway the trip took around 6 hours to get to Townsville. Once we arrived we bought return tickets to the ferry to Magnetic Island and boarded it straight away. It took another 20 minutes on a very rough and windy ride across. Next we jumped onto another bus which dropped us off right outside our YHA hostel. ... read more

Another early start this morning and I was so excited at what we were going over the next few days. I had booked Hannah and I on a 5 day PADI Open Water Diving Course with a company called Pro-Dive. I had wanted to do this for years now and finally I was starting it today, Hannah on the other hand was a little reluctant. We were picked up at taken to the training centre where we would spend the first 2 days of the course in the classroom and in the pool, leanring how to dive. We arrived and filled out all the paperwork and after introducing ourselves got stuck straight into it. We spent the first half of the first day in the classroom watching videos then doing a quiz then the second half ... read more

We woke up at the crack of dawn to get a lift to Melbourne airport for our 7AM flight to Cairns. It was the start of 5 weeks travelling down the East Coast of Australia. The flight took just over 3 hours and as soon as we stepped off the plane we could feel the heat, it was a beautiful day in Cairns. We waited for our hostel shuttle bus to arrive and got a free lift to our accommodation. It was the cheapest place we had booked all holiday so I wasn’t really expecting much at all, however we were pleasantly surprised, the place was fantastic. We were shown to our room, which was small but very clean, then got straight out of our jeans, it was boiling. After looking around the hostel we decided ... read more

This countdown clock started on 26th Janurary - Australia Day - at: 276 Days 16:02:00 Wow, I started the timer above in the beginning of the year, 26th January in fact, Australia Day, I have waited all year but finally, finally I’m heading home. The timer which began with 276 days remaining is now down to 3 days as I frantically pack and get everything ready for 2 months travelling down under. I have thrown in the job, am completely free and ready for excitement and adventure. It’s this feeling I have at the moment which makes me love travelling so much, total freedom and excitement. We have been quite organised for this trip so far, we have most of our accommodation booked and paid for, as well as many expensive extras and all our flights. ... read more