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Published: January 26th 2007
Whitehaven Beach
This famous beach on the Whitsunday Islands was as beautiful as it looks in this photo!On the road again....
On 3 January we moved out of our Sydney apartment and flew up to Brisbane. Here we hired a car and began our Northward journey towards Cairns.
Sunshine Coast We spent 3 great days here with our family friends, the Hofmans. It was great catching up with them - Dave had last seen them when he was 13! We really enjoyed a little town called Noosa which had awesome waves for surfing and good for kitesurfing too. We spent a day in Brisbane which is much quieter and laid back than Sydney and is set on the banks of the Brisbane river.
Fraser Island 4x4's only on Fraser island so we caught the ferry across and did a 23 km overnight hike up to the beautiful Lake Mckenzie which has white, white sand and fresh water. That evening we were sitting next to the tent when a highly venomous 2m Tiger Snake slid by - needless to say we sisn't sit out there much longer!
On the walk back to the ferry I had to rescue Pen from the web a a massive spider!
Town of 1770 Named after the date when
Cairns Dive Course
Our 1st scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef. Can you spot Pen's blonde moment? Captain Cook first landed in Queensland this was a beautiful little town and the last Surfing/swimming beach, anywhere North of here has no waves and Box jellyfish and Irukanji.
Whitsundays We went on a boat cruise through these amazing islands, stopping off for a few hours on Whitehaven Beach and did some amazing snorkelling.
Mission Beach The conditions here were perfect for kitesurfing but there was 1 problem - the beaches were closed because of the Box jelly fish. We had to resort to some extreme hamocking instead!
Magnetic Island The highlight here was a walk we did to try and spot Koalas. We were lucky enough to get really close to 2 of these cute little creatures. They are so sleepy!
Cairns Life is not measured by how many breaths you take but by how many moments take your breath away! This was really true of our diving course in Cairns. We trained for 2 days in the classroom and pool with Cairns Dive Centre (highly recommended) and then spent 2 days diving on the great barrier reef.
We thoroughly enjoyed our tour of Queensland, the changes in scenery and climate as you travel
Cassawary
These large birds can be pretty dangerous - we found this one lurking outside our tent at Mission Beach! North are spectacular.
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Pam
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Wow!
Thanks for the update. Looks amazing-nice to recognise some of the places I went-Whitehaven's still as white as ever!!! Keep the pics coming and have fun x