Up at the crack of dawn again! Breakfast at 6:30 so we could be off onto the transfer to Hamilton Island. It was very blowy and overcast but great to watch the islands going passed. After 30 minutes we reached Hamilton Island and after a brief stop we boarded our boat out the Hardy Reef.… Continue reading Hardy Reef – 22nd May

After my best night’s sleep of the tour I was up and at breakfast for 7:30 – scrambled egg on toast. Once I had finished breakfast I had a swim and did 20 minutes of laps – not sure how far this was as the pool was only small. Then it was time to shower… Continue reading Mackay/Airlie Beach/ Day Dream Island – 21st May

Up at 5:30 – I have no idea why but I couldn’t go back to sleep. Anyway, I made the most of the time and managed, with poor wifi, to get another blog posted. Then it was time to get ready for breakfast and a final packing up to get rolling on the coach by… Continue reading Town of 1770/Mackay – 20th May

Woke up at 5:30 and couldn’t go back to sleep so read a bit and got up slowly. Breakfast at 7am and off again at 8:30. Today is they day we were supposed to visit Lady Musgrave Island but the boat caught fire and sank last Thursday! Fortunately, all the passengers and crew were rescued… Continue reading Bundaberg – 19th May

Woke up this morning at 5 am and didn’t really get back to sleep. Up at 6:30 and to breakfast by 7:15. We were off by 8:15 to the town of 1770 and the LARC. This is an amphibious vehicle which had 4WD and we loaded and off we went into the river.   I… Continue reading Town of 1770 – 18th May

So this was the day we were leaving the Kingfisher Resort so I decided that I had to swim in one of the pools. I had breakfast first and then went over to the pools and found one that was tucked in a corner out of sight of the dinning room. At 8am I had… Continue reading Fraser Island/Town of 1770 – 17th May

This morning was the first morning I needed to be up at 6:00am! I was woken up at 3:30 but managed to get back to sleep. I was at breakfast by 6:40 which I thought was pretty good! Breakfast was orange juice, scrambled egg on toast with brown sauce, melon and a cup of tea.… Continue reading Fraser Island – 16th May

I managed to have a good nights sleep until 4:30 when I was woken by sirens on the road outside. It took me a while to get back off again and then it was 7 am again! I got up, showered and dressed before making my way to the bus stop. Fortunately, I hadn’t missed… Continue reading Brisbane/Fraser Island – 15th May

Lazy get up, had Ash while Alice sorted Elsie and caught up on Eastenders. Then I sorted out rest of stuff to take, had a shower, played with Elsie and had a chat with Alice. At 12:55 I made my way to the bus stop via Subway. I go there with plenty of time and… Continue reading Byron Bay/Brisbane – 14th May

Still got up at 7 but didn’t rush to get out of bed. Had a lazy time until I went to get my legs waxed, my nails painted and my hair cut and coloured. I had some interesting chats with the women I met today. The waxing lady was from Leeds and told me I… Continue reading Byron Bay – 13th May