Fraser Island (Wedding gift no. 6) was great fun, Ed enjoyed racing around on the sand and the interior of the island in a huge 4 wheel drive. Next up was the gorgeous Whitsundays trip which unfortunately most of the images from that trip are on cameras we cant hook up to the computer. But suffice to say the sand was brilliant white and the sea beautiful shades of blue. Massive thanks to brother Nick and Godfather Ian Morrison for the very generous wedding gift (No.7)
We then headed up to Cairns for Wedding Gift No. 8, thanks to Lindsay and David, Toby, Ginia and the boys, Rowie and the Bridesmaids, - Barrier Reef trip. The journey to Cairns (7+hours drive) was mostly a wet one, with nearly constant rain and this pretty much was our weather for the following 5 days.
We saw some of the affects of the Cyclone, mostly trees and forests flattened but there was one village we passed where houses had been particularly wrecked by Yasi it was pretty heart breaking but amazing that no one got hurt from it.
Rainy season in Northern Tropical Queensland is really bloody wet! We took ourselves off to the cinema one day just to escape the noise of the rain on the camper roof!
We nearly didn’t do the reef what with the weather being so awful and for fear of bad ferry trips but we are so glad we did, it was the most amazing snorkelling we have both seen from the gazillion fish we saw to the amazing corals-absolutely fantastic and one of the best things I have ever done.
Next stop is New Zealand, starting with Auckland before heading up to the Bay of Islands...
We are excited to visit a new country.

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