Airlie Beach Accommodation – Airlie Apartments Airlie Beach is known as the “Gateway to the Whitsundays” and is a small tourist town on the Queensland Coast. As well as having a beautiful beach with palm trees, Airlie also has a man-made lagoon which is great for swimming. It’s a very laid back, surfer-ish town with … More Australia Nine – Airlie Beach Accommodation

Our Cairns Accommodation – The Garden Gate Bed and Breakfast This amazing bed and breakfast is located just outside Cairns in the district of Edgehill. It is adjacent to the Botanic Gardens which is a lovely place to go for a walk around- so many cool plants, and a boardwalk through the rainforest.   It’s also the … More Australia Eight – Cairns Accommodation

Whilst in Sydney we booked a Hunter Valley Wine Tour with Kangariffic (good reviews here). The Hunter Valley is Australia’s oldest wine growing region with well over 100 wineries, as well as restaurants, chocolate factories, dairies, cheese factories and olive farms. At $99 the Kangariffic tour is really good value for a day packed with different taste experiences! … More Australia Seven – Wine Tasting!

Sailing the Whitsundays is one of the “must-do” items when travelling the east coast of Australia. The 74 islands are located in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef just off the coast of Queensland. A few have resorts on that you can stay at, but fortunately many are preserved as National Parks so you … More Australia Six – Sailing Whitsundays

In Airlie Beach we booked a half day tour with Salty Dog Sea Kayaking but weren’t sure if it was going to go ahead as the weather had been getting quite windy. In the end, it did happen which I’m really glad of as it was a great trip! (I didn’t take my camera just … More Australia Five – Salty Dog Sea Kayaking

…with Ocean Freedom! Another early start this morning- up at 6am again. Our booking included hotel pick-up which then dropped us at the Ferry Fleet Terminal in Cairns. We checked in for our reef cruise and boarded the Ocean Freedom catamaran. There were approximately 50 people on board so it wasn’t too crowded. The boat … More Australia Four – Great Barrier Reef

..to the Daintree and Cape Tribulation The second day trip we went on from Cairns was with a company called “Billy Tea Safaris”. They came highly recommended as a tour company offering small personalised 4WD trips that are guaranteed to run even with only 2 people booked! They’re also Eco Tourism accredited and have experienced guides with … More Australia Three- Billy Tea Safari

Whilst in Cairns we booked several day trips. The first of which was up to Kuranda, a village 25km northwest of Cairns surrounded by World Heritage Rainforest that you can visit by train, and then journey back down in a cable-car soaring over the treetops!   It meant an early start (6am, ouch!) to meet … More Australia Two – Kuranda

Or The Journey to Australia… I left for Australia on a Sunday following a torrential thunderstorm which had left Elspeth, Amelia and I running the 100m from the coffee shop to my front door. Elspeth kindly gave me a lift to the station with my luggage though and soon I was on the Norwich train … More Australia One – Singapore

I was intending to keep blogging while I was away in Australia, and although I’ve taken heaps of photos and started writing a few posts I’ve decided to take a temporary hiatus. I want to make sure that I do it justice and post well-written articles about the tours we’ve taken and places we’ve visited, … More Holiday Time!