Blogs from Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 64

Hi, Ken here. Some of you will be aware that it is Linda's big 50 next month (June 11th to be exact.) I have been asked about birthday cards and how people could get them to her. Well, here is a plan! I have found out that travellers can pick up mail from local post offices. We are going to be in a place called Maroochydore for the whole of June, therefore anyone wishing to send a birthday card should address it to: Linda Thomas c/o Maroochydore Post Office Maroochydore Queensland Australia I am also holding a surprise birthday BBQ party for her to which you are all invited!! Look forward to seeing you there!!! Cheers, Ken... read more

Arrived in Airlie Beach on 3rd May. Airlie Beach looks like a smaller version to Cairns: it has a lot of fast food places to eat, and quite a good nightlife. It also has a lagoon by the sea complete with barbecues to chill out through the day. The main point of any stop in Airlie Beach is to go sailing on the Whitsunday Islands, we’d booked to do that between Friday and Sunday so we had a couple of nights in Airlie first. On the first night we played the customary drinking games (Keeping things cheap) with our room mates, we stayed at the Magnums hostel here as well- our 8 person dorm was pretty cool, there were a couple of Irish girls, a Canadian called Jeric (soon changed to Jericho!) and a Frenchman called ... read more

Well its that time again folks - you know the part where i tell you what a horrible time i'm having in this god awful country (He he he!) I'm sitting in an internet cafe in Airlie Beach trying to type but having trouble focusing on the keyboard as i have just stepped off a boat and feel like i'm still on it (and no i'm not drunk). I took a little trip out to the Whitsunday islands (so called because they were discovered by Captain Cook on Whitsunday - see its worth reading this you learn so much!). I set off on Saturday afternoon on a catamaran called the Pride of Airlie and we sailed for about 3 hours before we arrived at what would be our base for the 3 days we would be ... read more

So James completed his scuba diving course and is now a certified diver! We dived down to a wreck and saw a 1.5m turtle from about 30cm away - very cool. Also looked around the shipwreck which has now become an artificial reef with lots of exotic fish and the like. After finishing the course we drove on up to Rockhampton - to a scrappy looking campsite on the outskirts of the city. We were camped along the banks of a great big dirty river - there were signs up everywhere saying to watch out for crocs. James was very excited but Anne got very scared after hearing a snorting sound coming from the undergrowth. James investigated unfortunately only finding a old guy snoring. The weather was still very warm and sunny although getting increasingly humid. ... read more

Hej til alle Nu skal vi nok skrive lidt mere om vores oplevelser. Eftersom en internet cafe ikke er det fedeste sted at tilbringe tiden gaar det lidt sloevt med vores opdateringer. Her kommer dog en beretning fra vores Great Barrier Reef oplevelse, det vaade Cairns samt vores foerste stop i Outback'en. Udover Fraser Island havde vi bestilt en Great Barrier Reef tur ved en oegruppe kaldet Whitsunday Islands. Greyhoundbussen tog os til Airlie Beach som er et godt sted at angribe Whitsundays fra. Selve byen er ikke specielt stor og har en herlig backpacker stemning. Vores hostel her hed Magnums og var som navnet hentyder meget stort. I den ene ende var vaerelserne placeret i regnskovagtige omgivelser mens der var restauranter, butikker og diskotek i den anden ende. Et helt igennem fedt sted. Trods Australiens ... read more