To.....Airlie Beach

So off we went towards Airlie Beach. It was a 300k drive so we made a small stopover in a town along the way. It wasn't quite as backward as the last one we had stumbled across though and its main feature was a huge Mango, which we got a quick pic of while driving past.

I was very tired on the next leg of the trip, so it was time to call in the Stand-by driver. That's right!! It was Jayo's turn. He'd never driven before and had no licence but I was simply falling asleep so I called on him to drive. The car being automatic and the rodas being fairly wide and open, I knew he'd manage it no problem.

He drove for 120k and while he was driving, I managed to get some sleep. Unfortunately, the car overheated towards the end of our journey and we had to drive the last 20k at about 30k an hour. This annoyed quite a few motorists who had to overtake us on the way, but sure we had no choice so we just kept going.

We arrived in Airlie Beach and headed for Magnum's backpackers, which we got from the Lonely Planet book. They had rooms available and so we checked in to an 8 bed cabin with en-suite. These rooms were pretty cool, as they were fairly large and came with a fridge and own bathroom. unfortunately again, I only managed to get a top bunk...this had been a pain in the ass in the other hostels as it meant climbing up a stell ladder which really hurt, and the beds would always make loads of noise when you were trying to get into it. Thankfully though, these bunks were nice and low and you could just hop up onto it from the floor. Our room mates were two German girls and an american lad who loved Irish people because he was such a big drinker and they were the only ones that could keep up with him. We were fairly tired then, so it was off to bed for a quick nap.