Travel Plans!

Alright, we've set up just about all our travelling plans for the semester, with the exception of the outback. Here's what we're doing and when:

Moreton Bay: Had a day trip to Moreton Bay on Saturday, and it was absolutely amazing! Took a 4WD bus (there are no roads on the island, just cut sand paths) to the ferry, got to the island, and immediately started getting ready to snorkel. We snorkeled for about a half an hour in the shipwrecks on the beach that we landed on, then hung out and played volleyball while the other group snorkeled. After that we got back in the 4WD and drove across the island to the desert, and we spent the rest of the day sand boarding (similar to snow boarding, but on sand and you can't carve) and sand tobaggoning.

1-5 April: Fraser Island
Five day research trip with my terrestrial environment class. Staying in a research station away from all the tourists. A few days studying, and the rest of the time playing on the beach and in the water.

6-12 April: NZ
Drive along the coast, go hiking, sky diving, visit Christchurch, Queenstown, etc. Rent two cars and stay in hostels.

23-26 April: Whitsunday Islands
Fly in the Friday night, stay in a hostel, get on a boat Saturday morning. Overnight on the boat for two days with twenty others (between 20 and 28 yrs) and get a tour of the islands and other activities, fly back to Brisbane Monday.

29 April - 3 May: Cairns
Just three of us going on this trip, as everyone else will have gone with family. Staying in the Cairns Girls Hostel (awesome hostel, highly recommended by our program director, and yes the name means only girls are allowed to stay.) We set up a day tour of the barrier reef for the 30th, in which they provide us four meals, transportation, a glass bottom boat tour, one scuba dive, and endless snorkelling. On Saturday we're going on a sea kayaking/snorkelling trip all day with Raging Thunder Adventures, in which we also get provided food, and we kayak and snorkel along the coast of Cairns. Sunday we've left open so far, because we may do a day tour of the Atherton Tablelands, but we're not sure.

Byron Bay (No date yet)
We'll get a bus to Byron, do an entire day tour (Jim's Alternative Tour), and probably wander around the area for three days. Some of the other girls have already made the trip so we'll be staying in the same place (Aquarius hostel) they did and they highly recommended the tour.

We're working on planning a trip to the outback for the week break we have before exams start.