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Mount Warning
We arrived and set up camp ready to climb the mountain the next day. David had spent most of the trip so far reassuring Zoe that he will look after her in case of any emergency and certainly protect her from any dangerous animals/insects/reptiles. So when we were told of a 6ft python that had to be removed from the site the night before Zoe needed a vast amount of reassurance in order to sleep! As we climbed into the tent that night, closed the zips and began to sort out sleeping bags suddenly..........David jumped up, elbowed Zoe in the face, tore open the zip and dived under the tent. Zoe, still shocked in the tent and nursing her nose, heard David say "snake, there's a snake!" Zoe then calmly got out the tent and we searched every corner to find a bottle of water in the bottom of a sleeping bag! After that we slept until 2.30am when we got up to climb the 1156m high mountain in order to see sunrise. We climbed it all in the dark with one torch and made in time. We were then joined by about another 30 people to witness the clouds getting lighter as the sun rose behind them!

Brisbane
What a great city! In particular the south bank which is made up of cafes, restaurants, pubs etc by the river where you could sit for hours. We had the opportunity to go and watch a fantastic twenty-twenty cricket match at the Gabba between Australia and South Africa. The stadium was massive and we were in a crowd of 37, 000! The noise was like nothing we have ever heard before. The beer was alright as well! Australia won which pleased most of the crowd.

Barry and Tin Can Bay
After a few hours of travelling and looking for somewhere to stay it had got dark and we rolled up in Tin Can Bay. We found a random campsite and went to the office. We were met by a typical Australian man who introduced himself as Barry. He updated us on the floods in Cairns and then lent us a lamp as the batteries in ours had gone. We were getting set up and Barry wandered over and asked us what we were having for dinner. Before we had chance to reply we had been invited for curry at his! We then had a great night learning much about Australia and drinking home made rum! The next morning we got up early and went down to the harbour to see the dolphin feeding. We then hand fed them which was amazing but didn't last long enough.

Fraser Island
The island is just of the coast of Harvey Bay area and is the worlds largest all sand island. We saw it as part of a tour which meant we saw it all but not long enough in each place. For us the highlights were Lake McKenzie - a freshwater lake in the middle of the island which is claimed to have the purest water in the world. It was so clear and refreshing. And Eli Creek - a freshwater creek that runs to the sea. Just like a natural lazy river - great fun to float down!