We are so glad we've saved the best till last. Sydney is amazing. We have been to see the HMB Endeavour, Captain Cook's ship. Caught the ferry, went to the market, Cheered in the Plastika, after her 100 day sail fron San Francisco, whilst standing on a submarine.
Brisbane was great. We went to Australia Zoo with Sarah and Josh. Got to hold a Burmese Python and Lila cuddled a Koala. We also went to the Museum and went round the Ron Mueck exhibition which was really good.
To end the trip up north we all went diving and snorkelling on the Barrier Reef and it is truly great! We have officially lost Ben to the sea - he went extreme snorkelling and swam by a liitle shark! The other 3 were like little fish too.
While walking on the local beach we encountered the Famille Morris Pontcanus, a day and night of great fun and merriment. But be warned too much exposure to this dangerous breed and you wake up the following day with extreme headaches and dehydration! 
After driving 1800kms from Brisbane we reached Port Douglas. Amazing rainforests ,hot weather, the ducks dressed up and the Crocs were hungry.
As you can imagine we loved it here. Louis broke the speed record for the boat at full sail reaching 8.2 Knots.
Whitehaven beach and beautiful seas
We snorkelled here over amazing bright blue coral and saw lots of angel and parrot fish.
The crew, Carly, CJ and the Cooksley clan.
