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3 Day Liveaboard on the Great Barrier Reef
After 3 days of straight rain and overcast skies, Andrew and I decide we need to book something fast, or go stir crazy staying cooped up in our hostel. After checking out a few different options we decide to book a liveaboard dive boat with Cairns Dive Center. For just under $500 we get 2 [...]
White Water Rafting – Xtreme Style
It’s our last day in Cairns with our friend Michelle, who came with us from Hayman Island, so to end our time together on a bang we sign up for Xtreme white water rafting down the Tully River with Raging Thunder tour operators. Our day starts at 6:30 am with a two hour drive down [...]
Fight Back Against Mosquitoes with B1 Vitamins?
Does this scenario sound familiar? It’s a beautiful day out and you’re taking a stroll through the woods, but within minutes you hear the awful buzzing sound of mosquitoes. You’ve forgotten to apply bug spray and before you know it the attack begins. You instantly feel itchy everywhere as you slap them away, running at [...]
Welcome to Cairns – the Party Capital of the North
After 3 months on a remote island and the last week spent in small towns along the east coast of Australia, arriving in Cairns is a welcomed change. Although the population is just under the 200,000 mark, it’s the biggest town north of Brisbane by a significant amount. The city of Cairns is a mash [...]
Port Douglas – A Night at the Sheraton Mirage
After spending two days in some rustic living conditions up at Cape Tribulation, driving into Port Douglas is wonderfully refreshing. Port Douglas is the glamorous older sibling of Cairns. With its upscale restaurants, plush accommodations, golf course and million dollar homes, it’s where the wealthy go to retire, and with a “Friends and Family” discount [...]
Crocodile Hunting on the Daintree River
After two nights in the rain forest up in Cape Tribulation, its time to head back to civilization again but not before stopping for a crocodile tour on the Daintree River. Just before the ferry crossing heading north, there are several crocodile tour companies, all offering an up close and personal experience with the crocodiles [...]
Diving the S.S. Yongala in Ayr
After a few hours of driving yesterday afternoon, we arrived in the very small town of Ayr, about 3 hours north of Airlie Beach. Surrounded by fields of sugar cane on three sides and a beach in front of us, there really isn’t much else to see or do here other than go diving on [...]
Last Days on Hayman Island
It will be exactly 3 months and 3 weeks when we depart Hayman Island on Monday morning, but it feels like only yesterday we were unpacking our bags and getting our uniforms for work. Now we are starting to pack up, clean our rooms and plan the next phase of our journey. Many of our [...]
Birthday Celebrations Down Under
At almost 11 months into our journey here in Australia, today is a day that happens only once a year – my birthday. And while I have celebrated a few birthdays abroad, I would have never imagined that I would be spending my 26th on Hayman Island. Sky diving was the official “gift” from Andrew [...]
Free Falling From 13,000 ft
It’s just another day in the Whitsundays, the sky is clear, the sun is shining, and we’re about to jump out of a plane at 13,000 ft above sea level. How the heck did I get here? I ask myself as I look down at the houses and roads that keep getting smaller and smaller [...]
