Ems travels

We left Fraser Island/Rainbow Beach and are now heading down the coast. Due to lack of time, I am heading down quite quickly! We headed for Noosa which is a small seaside town with a gorgeous beach! arrived around lunchtime so spent the whole afternoon sunbathing which was lovely! The next day we headed on down to Brisbane. Very strange being back in a city again after so long on beaches and small towns - I dont like it!! Spent the afternoon walking around the city and taking photos really! I said my goodbyes to Lucy as she has more time than me and headed on to Surfers Paradise which really is like Blackpool but hotter! Walked around the town for a bit and shopped abit more before heading back to the hostel. Met a lovely ... read more

After a very very very long bus ride, we arrived in the stunning Airlie Beach! Definitely my favourite place, in fact I would love to live here!! Its a small, funky town right on the beach which is the only way to get to the Whitsundays! We spent the first couple of days sorting some things out like washing etc (the joys of backpacking!) then checked in for our party boat for the next few days! We are heading out on a boat called the Clipper which is a massive party boat! It holds over 200 people but they only take about 50 and you spend 2days, 2 nights sailing around the Whitsundays and snorkelling/lying on a beach - heaven!! Our first day we sailed out for a few hours before stopping in Hook Passage which ... read more

Finally we arrived in Cairns!! After a heavy last night of drinking with a lot of people, Lucy and I caught our flight from Darwin to Cairns and arrived in the rain!! Cairns is a fun little town with loads of bars and the gate to the Great Barrier Reef! We werent allowed to check in until 2pm having arrived at 9am with bad hangovers so wondered the town for breakfast before heading to Peter Pans to book all of our trips! Diving the great barrier reef tomorrow!! Tuesday: Arrived at our boat about 7.30am and upon welcome we were given muffins and cups of tea! Spent about 1.5hrs sailing out to Green Island which is one of the islands upon the reef Unfortunately, the lady in the shop didnt tell me I need to have ... read more

Said our goodbyes to Adelaide and to those who were not continuing up to Alice with us and waited for our next bus! After a few dramas (some girls werent booked on with us who should have been!) we left Adelaide and headed towards Quorn. Stopped off along the way at various look out points including salt water lakes before eventually arriving in Quorn in the afternoon. Ben, our new bus driver, cooked us lunch then we headed up to the Flinders Ranges National Park to do our first hike of the week (there were many!). Amazing views and beautiful scenery but so hot so very difficult! Wasnt feeling very well either so found it difficult but the views were just stunning so worth it! Headed back to the hostel where we had dinner, hes a ... read more

Have said my goodbyes to the brother and am now heading around Australia!! First trip is a three day tour to Melbourne! I was collected by the driver Coaster and we (8 in all!) headed towards Canberra! Here we stayed for the afternoon to do a visit of the Parliament buildings and have some lunch before continuing our long drive towards Threadbo. Unfortunately the weather has turned on us! We left Sydney in 40C heat and arrived in Threadbo in 8C and pouring rain, not fun! I have not missed the UK weather!! We left our hostel early the next morning to go and hike the tallest Mountain in Australia, Mt Kosciuszko but due to the rain still pouring we decided to just take the chairlift to the top. By the time we got there we ... read more