One Big Adventure!

Well im still sat here in Airlie Beach!

And its just a quick post to bring you all up to date, as our plans for the east coast change everyday. Thankfully the rain has now stopped, although there are still showers around. Cyclone Ellie did her damage further north around Townsville and Mission Beach (where we should be right now!)

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24993854-952,00.html

http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/news.html

The highway is still shut and with more rain fall predicted there is just no way that we will be making it up to Cairns by bus in the next week to get our flight to Darwin on 12 Feb. So, we have had to cut our loses and have decided to fly out of here tomorrow (thurs) to Cairns. We are missing out on a few east coast highlights, but its not worth worrying about as we wouldnt be able to enjoy them at the moment and would just be worrying all the time about how we are going to get out of the next place! All part of the adventure, but i do need to be on that plane next week, weather permitting!

it is going to be a bit of an indian jones style get away with bus, boat to Hamilton Island, fly out of here on a very small quantas link plane and on to Cairns. although we will now have a week there, i hope there is more to do than there is here in Airlie, although i cant believe how quickly time has gone really. Hopefully we will still get up to Cape Tribulation as planned, although there is still rumour that the cyclone is reforming at sea, the met are now saying this is unlikley, so fingers crossed!

Its been a frustrating week, people here havent been very helpful basicaly saying its our fault we chose to come here in wet season, however it is thier worst flooding in 30 years and no one can help that! Yesterday, after our bus was cancelled we moved hostels (just made a quick dash because everybody on the bus didnt have a bed!) and stumbled accross a really great hostel, which even has an oven, which although a common sight in New Zealand hasnt been here. It is so lovely and clean i took my thongs (flip flops!) off for the first time last nite in nearly 2 weeks and boy did it feel good! We had a mamouth lay in as well, the bed is lush and there is a pillow!! :-) So im feeling re charged, slightly more chilled and will be a lot happier when we make it to Cairns tomorrow.

So thats the update really, i will let you know how i get on!