Galvin's Edge Hill Bed and Breakfast Cairns

... LJ mask broke shortly after so she swam back to the boat to get a fresh one and chill for 5 mins. We were out there for a over an hour and we saw some beautiful coral and very colourful fish in higher numbers than anywhere else we have seen before. After a tasty lunch the boat moved around to a different point on the same reef, to kill the time they gave a reef brief and told us all about the different types of coral and fish but also how the reefs were ...

... had to do everything in my power to stay calm and keep my head. I suppose that is part of the rush and excitement of it all but you are hundreds of miles from land and hundreds more to a hospital. It all worked out beautifully in the end. 
 I loaded a 12:00 pm bus. The plan here is to take the all night bus to a place called Townsville and dive a shipwreck called the Yongala. The ship was hit by a torpedo from Japanese sub during WW2. 

Today we were up early as we had concocted a plan with Mark last night. We were going to go into work with him and then I would drive his Ute around for the next few days as he is off out into the bush with his work, he monitors a lot of the rivers in North Queensland most of which are absolutely in the middle of nowhere. So we were up with the sparrows this morning and on the road with Mark driving us inland to where he is based twisting through all the rain ...

... dank gut ausgegangen wir durften(!?) unsere Glueckskastanie nach Australien einfuehren!!
Im Hostel angekommen durften wir erstmal am Pool chillen bevor wir unser Zimmer beziehen konnten!! Das Hostel ist wirklich total suess!!
Bei uns ist es jetzt kurz vor 20 uhr und bereits stockdunkel!! Wir sind total fertig und werden jetyt unser wohl verdientes Bett aufsuchen!!

See ya
Sarah und Ines

... against the reef, and they eat the coral, making a really loud crunching noise! The colors and fish in the reef are indescribable, its something that everyone should see sometime in their lives!

After our first snorkel run, we ate a great lunch on the boat and took a ride in the semi-submersible. We saw more coral and fish, and even a few green sea turtles; the way they move in the water is so cute! We took another trip out to the reef for a snorkel before ...

... and choppy conditions on the reef. The sea was pretty rough which distorted your view above water of the reef below. Most images of the reef be it on postcards or TV show clear, tranquil waters with technicoloured reefs glistening underneath. Today was the exact opposite. We all geared up and I jumped straight into the waters. Once in and with my head under everything seemed calmer and you could explore the reef with good visability. The waves were a bit too choppy for my ...

... all exhausted from being in the sun most of the day. The trip began with a 45-minute uphill hike through the rainforest, with our boats on our backs. We stopped at a stream to drink some fresh water and cool off - so awesome! Saw some cool fish then moved on. We then blew up our rafts, tanned like lizards out on the rocks for a bit, then hopped in and did about 3 hours of whitewater rafting. The water was pretty low, so it wasn't too scary (and ...

... barmaids and of course hundreds of knickers and bras stapled to the rafters. And the obligatory map of Australia cut out of a piece of steel so that you can stick your face in the hole and have your photo taken (gold coin donation thank you ). All good fun though! We stayed down the road at the Daly Waters Inn – a hard core roadhouse with 50 mtr roadtrains both dropping in and thundering past regularly. We camped out the back on a patch of grass – ...

... and finally were glad we didn't see any, as with no motor it might be a bit dangerous to encounter a hungry one. Luckily we were rescued by a fisherman heading back. To our surprise the boat owner didn't ask for any money to cover the damage, so we gave him at least the caught fish. A few days later we read in the newspapers that 10 weeks ago a 5 year old boy became a victim of a croc in the same river. For the night we stayed in a camp in Cape Tribulation.

... ensuite trouvé un super magasin de trek et voyage ! Oh la la....J'aurais bien tout acheté dans ce magasin ! Moi en général j'achète mes trucs de voyage à Décathlon mais là rien à voir ! il faut dire les Australiens voyagent tellement ! C'est quand même un Australien le fondateur du lonely planet !lol ! J'ai trouvé une corde tressée donc pas besoin d'épingle à linge pour tendre le linge et elle peut aussi servir à plein d'autre chose, une serviette de treck qui ne ...