1 Month Travelling........Sorry for the delay!

Like it says in the title, Sorry for the delay! As much as I do have down time while travelling, this is the first time i've been in an Internet cafe since leaving Sydney! Im in Airlie beach at the moment until 11.55 tonight and then im on an overnight bus to a town called "1770" (its named that because its the year and place that captain cook landed). I havent got too long so will put a brief over view of what ive been upto below.

1st July - Left Sydney. Flew via Melbourne and landed in Darwin at 1am on 2nd July.
2nd July - 5th July - Stayed in Darwin main town. 32/35c days everyday and pretty cool party town for backpackers.
5th July - 10th July - Hired a campervan and travelled round 2 of the local National Parks - Lichfield and Kakadu. Both were amazing and had a great time. The stars at night were amazing. Saw crocs up close on a boat tour but still havent seen a kangaroo or koala!!
10th July - 13th July - Flew from Darwin to Brisbane and met my old personal trainer from the gym in London and we travelled by train to a place called Surfers paradise. Its a really cheesy seaside town like you get back home, but it was just what we were after for a weekend away!
13th July - 19th July - Trystan headed home and I headed back to Brisbane and stayed in a hostel in the week and then at an old colleagues place at the weekend. Also caught up with my sisters friend Claire who currently lives and works in Brisbane and also a guy I worked with at the bank in Sydney. My time in Brisbane was great except for my camera breaking! Ive since bought a replacement!
19th July - 23rd July - Got a bus for 2hours up the coast to a place called Noosa to meet up with Nick and Kerryn and Nicks family who were there for a week on holiday. I stayed in a local hostel dorm but spent most of my time with them on walks, meals and fishing trips! It was a brilliant few relaxed days with the Yaxleys!!
23rd July - 26th July - Spent in a small town down the coast from Noosa called Mooloolaba.
26th July - Flew to Townsville to meet Tom, a guy I worked with at the bank in Sydney who's travelling the east coast before his visa expires on the 26th!
27th July - Lazy day in Townsville so caught a ferry to Magnetic Island. Cool little island and good to tick off the list of places to go!
28th July - Caught a 5 hour bus to Airlie Beach, which is the gateway to the Whitsunday Islands. So we booked a 2 day 1 night trip that afternoon and had to be up and out by 7 to catch the boat at 8.30!
29th Jily - 30th july - The boat trip. 1 word - AMAZING! The crew were fantastic, and loved their jobs which rubbed off on all of us on board. It was a 22 person boat (+ the 3 crew) but only 15 people had booked so we had loads of room on the 23m Siska. The Siska, our boat, has sailed round the world twice and also won the Sydney to Hobart (in Tasmania) race, so its a great boat! The islands there are so picturesque and the coral and see life is astounding! We spent the 1st day sailing, with a stop to snorkel or scuba dive (I just went out in the little life raft with the deck hand), and then we stopped overnight at a small bay off hook island and had a great night with everyone. Again the stars were amazing! On the 2nd day we sailed via Whitehaven beach, and that was better than all of the hype i'd been told. Its a beautiful place and will be something i'll always remember! To finish the trip off we sailed back and just overall had a great time, finished off with an "after party" meal and drinks at a local bar with the crew and other passengers. It was a great way to finish the trip and met some brilliant people.
31st July - Mostly spent in bed hungover due to the night before but did venture out at night for some drinks with some guys from the boat trip.
1st August (TODAY) - Checked out of the hostel by 10am and have spent the day lazing by the beach in the sun. Its about 28c today so trying to stay in the shade cos its roasting!! Going to go to the marina at about 4pm to see the Siska come back in and get some "action" pics and then will probably spend the rest of the afternoon either back on the beach or in a pub watching the AFL (my team, Geelong Cats, are currently 2nd in the league) and trying to pass the time until our bus trip at 11.55 tonight!

So thats been my last month, so you can see why its been hard getting to an Internet cafe! Im sorry theres no pics on here but its so difficult to add them into the blog thats it alot easier to just add folders on facebook, so keep you eyes peeled for new albums over the next week!

I'll try and keep on top of this from now on.........but ive said that before so no promises!

Hope your all well!!

P.S Ive even got a tan!!!