Mission Beach Travel Blogs

Today we went whitewater rafting!! wooo. We got picked up by the guide early in the morning..like ridiculously early..then went around the other hostels in the area to get the other people that were going rafting that day. After everyone was picked up we drove to Tully, which was like half an hour …

The trip north from Byron Bay to Noosa took us past the Glasshouse Mountains, home to the now world-famous Australia Zoo, and home to the legendary Crocodile Hunter, a.k.a. Steve Irwin. We had already planned to stop and visit the zoo before leaving the UK, with the vain hope of seeing the mentalis…

Where better in the world to take your first solo trip? In the land of Oz of course! I started out in Sydney, hopped on and off the popular backpacker Greyhound route to Cairns, and from there a short flight to Melbourne. This country has everything to offer. Go on, have a look!

Last minute 8 weeks down under...

Die Highspeed-Faehre brachte mich von der entspannten Magnetic Island in das geschaeftige Townsville zurueck. Doch auch diese Stadt verfuegt ueber eine kilometerlange Uferpromenade inklusive Plantsch-Lagune, so dass keine echte Grossstadthektik aufkommt. Ich besuchte das Great Barriere Reef …

Picked the campervan up eventually this morning after a bit of messing about trying to get the cash out of a bank to avoid excessive credit card charges.   Imagine our surprise to be informed that the 3 berth euro campervan that we'd booked had now grown into a 6 berth campervan. It's pretty…

To all travellers thinking about coming here; don't bother. Skip it and go straight to Cairns. Unless you want to skydive, there is absolutely nothing here. I thought that this would at least be like Airlie Beach with a main strip where everything happens. How wrong I was; this place is the arse-en…

Sydney East Coast

Avant de repartir de Townsville, nous avons recupere l'ordinateur (c'est l'ecran qui est brise...). Notre route nous a fait passer par un village dont la principale attraction etait un cimetiere italien (gros tombeaux et monuments). Il y a aussi plein de parcs nationaux a aller voir, mais notre voi…

Seriously the best day EVER! im so lazy. i dont really want to write anything.we went to the Tully riverwe got in raftswe had an awesome group with an awesome guidewe rafted 14 kms down the riverit was SO much funsometimes there are crocs in the tully river. good thing we didnt see anythere are pic…

Aussie was so amazing I went back the next year and did some more out of the way places. Far North Queensland is such an amazing place.

what a trip...

This is an itinerary of our trip around the world and does not include any journal entries.

My adventure so far.

Travelled from Melbourne through many outback towns like Bourke and Longreach to Townsville, up as far as Daintree. Spent 10 days on the Atherton Tablelands. I whitewater rafted, snorkelled, explored deserted beaches, jungles and waterfalls, went on trains and met interesting people and wildlife.