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Great Barrier Reef December 11, 2013 Wednesday December 11th, 2013 will go down as the day my mind was officially blown. Jessica and I took a two hour boat ride from Cairns to the Great Barrier Reef. The crew on the boat said conditions couldn’t have been any better with no cloud cover, calm waters and temps nearing 40C (the water temp was around 29C). However, the calm waters did nothing for Jessica’s… Read More

Cairns, Queensland, Australia December 8, 2013 After a short flight on Virgin Australia last night, we made it to Cairns. We had booked a hostel for our stay, mainly at an attempt to meet some fellow travellers and to give our wallets a break after our short stay in Sydney. Well, it seems I am not quite made for hostel living. We checked into our private room, which had a shared kitchen… Read More