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Sometimes we think back to the best days of our trip over the last 9 months, and think they will never be beaten. How wrong could we be... SKYDIVE!!!! After 5 months in Australia we decided to go out with a bang on our last day. All 4 of us (Adam, Nick, Will and Joe) signed up for a 14,000ft skydive. There was some serious nerves going on even the day before for a few people, Joe was one of them - he is scared of heights! On the day we got picked up and taken south of Cairns. The business was run out of a little house and we had some brief training before being taken to the air field. The plane was very small and could only take up 2 jumpers and 2 instructors! ... read more

Its currently 10am on our first full day off Lindeman Island. I (Adam) am stretched out on the sofa in the livingroom of our luxury apartment over looking the ocean watching tv on a big flat screen. Nick is sat on the balcony nursing a hangover from our night out in Airlie Beach. Mel and Kelly (friends from Lindeman) are making a full english breakfast for us in the kitchen. We have saved enough money to not work for the next 3 months. Tomorrow we are hiring a car and driving to Ayres Rock in the centre of Australia before flying to New Zealand in 10 days time. We just finished working 3 months in paradise. Could life possibly be any better? We think not. Our blogs slowled during our stay on Lindeman Island, and a ... read more

Hello All! We thought we'd be cutting down on the blogs but it seems there is still things to write about even when we are on our island working! Here is some details on our first few weeks of work and settling in to island life... We caught a few boats over to Lindeman island where we had landed our jobs and it looke beautiful on the way in. We were greeted by HR at the jetty and given a quick tour of the resort as we got the bus to our ne home. Clubmed is the only thing on Lindeman Island and the rest of the small island is national park and beaches. We live in staff accomodation called GE land and its not too bad. GE is gracious employee, GO is gracious orgnaisor and ... read more

Hello All! As per usual we have been super busy, and the last week and a bit has been probably our best times in Australia so far. Some good places visited and some nice photos taken along the way! Here you go... Thursday 27th we woke up in Airlie Beach and got picked up for our tour of the Whitsunday Islands from a local bus stop. The tour was with Mataray and we had a few stops throughout the day at various Islands and areas. On the way out the habour they offered us wetsuits as it was going to be cold in the water and we had some snorkling to do. Nick spotted a turtle in the habour as we were leaving! It was a nice family run business and the Grandad and Gandma of ... read more

Thursday the 5th was Megan's 19th Birthday. We woke up close to Byron Bay and drove into town to visit a pawn shop (correct spelling essential there!). It was the first time we had been in one and Adam was looking for a surfboard. We found a secondhand short board for $160 that looked in good condition, we got the price down to 150 and popped it in the van! We kept on driving to the Gold Coast and entered the northern state of Queensland without even noticing. We went to Coolangatta which is the southern end of the Gold Coast and is famous for its surf and parties in the 70's. We hired some boards for Nick and Meg from a place called Retro Groove and got down to the beach. Meg managed to get ... read more