great stuff ducks, thats a trip to really look forward too. i too have balked at those trips because of the excessive price tag they put on them and have been in the very lucky postition to have been right around aussie visiting a lot of very similar areas like those ,and living in hervey bay where the diversity of fishing is unreal..im sure youll love it no matter what, fishin, spending time and drinkin with the mates doesnt get much better than that .