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Mission Beach and Cairns, Cairns, Australia travel blog Mission Beach and Cairns
Jul 10, 2006

"Monday 10th July Today i am jumping out a plane at 14 000ft, sounds crazy i know but its okay im doing a tandem skydive with a qualified parachutist! is pretty nerve racking going ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by steveladhams


Our last stop Cairns (pronounced likeCans), Cairns, Australia travel blog Our last stop Cairns (pronounced likeCans)
Jul 10, 2008

" The students got up early - 4:30 am to catch the plane to Cairns. THere are only two flights out every day - 6:30 am and 7:15 am. They were very quiet sneaking out of the hot ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by downunder08


Arrival at Cairns - and the first week, Cairns, Australia travel blog Arrival at Cairns - and the first week
May 22, 2007 (5 photos)

"Jeg tilbragte alt for meget tid i bilen alene, fra Hervey Bay til Cairns - Naesten 2 konstante doegn. Koerende eller sovende.. Turen loed paa godt og vel 1600 km. Mandag tog jeg 70 ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by linderslade


Gday!, Cairns, Australia travel blog Gday!
Dec 1, 2006 (5 photos)

"We are now are officially 'Down Under'!! We were welcomed in Cairns by a sunshine and 32 degrees - this is more like it! However, our big plans for lounging on the beach were somew ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by emma_steve80


Adios New Zealand, G'day Oz!, Cairns, Australia travel blog Adios New Zealand, G'day Oz!
Feb 21, 2006 (10 photos)

"Hello from Oz! We've been very lazy since our last update and pretty much spent the past 3 weeks just chilling out by the beach and Caz getting very drunk! After Rotorua we went to ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by cazness


shout out #6, Cairns, Australia travel blog shout out #6
Aug 3, 2006

"i'm nearing the end of my australian stint and have decided to change my approach as i move forward into thailand. the east coast was the perfect trial run because the backpackers ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by hodizzle


Back to Western society, Cairns, Australia travel blog Back to Western society
Jan 14, 2008 (43 photos)

"So we made it to Cairns after a very brief stop over in Darwin.  The second half of the flight was not so smooth as we caught the edge of a storm.  This produced without ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by nickandbev


Working in Cairns, Cairns, Australia travel blog Working in Cairns
Jun 1, 2008 (12 photos)

"I was alone and penniless in Cairns. I had managed to organise myself so that I would start work at the Hostel the day Sharon left. The work basically involved cleaning the rooms a ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by fayeandrachel


Cairns, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns
Jul 26, 2007

"Cairns ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by denver_massive


Greatest Barrier Reef ever  (also the only one!), Cairns, Australia travel blog Greatest Barrier Reef ever (also the only one!)
Oct 3, 2006 (9 photos)

"Howdie guys! Have just finished another action packed week as normal. Once Lucy rejoined the group we decided to get the hell out of our hostel, as the 'free meals' they promised u ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by gemmatthews


Travels with Roel's family down under, Cairns, Australia travel blog Travels with Roel's family down under
Oct 4, 2006 (16 photos)

"We arrived in Cairns in the evening. My mum and dad picked us up in the massive Ford Territory that they rented. We stayed on the luxurious and overdone Coconut Resort Caravan Park ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by roelandlucy


Cairns - corals and rainforests, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns - corals and rainforests
Apr 30, 2006 (7 photos)

"G'day, mates! how's everyone? all good? I've done some amazing things in the last couple of days. On my first day at Cairns I went to a cruise in the Great Barrier Reef - the large ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by liorusii


Fruit Picking work wanted!!!!, Cairns, Australia travel blog Fruit Picking work wanted!!!!
Jul 8, 2005

"we booked our hostel in cairns as a last minute thing and we hadnt even checked out the reviews for it. when we got there we were really pleased. it was a big place with a tv, huge ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by dean_hines


Cairns, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns
Mar 7, 2007

"Stayed at the Global Palace right in the centre - would recommend it thoroughly.  Rooftop pool, balcony area off kitchen.  Clean and smart.  Also free evening meal a ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by markandrebecca


Australia - all at once, Cairns, Australia travel blog Australia - all at once
Apr 14, 2008 (23 photos)

"Ah, Australia.  I haven't gotten around to making entries city-by-city, so I'll do it now all at once.  We leave for Vietnam tomorrow, so this seems like the last best ch ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by dfericks


Ostkueste im Schnellverfahren, Cairns, Australia travel blog Ostkueste im Schnellverfahren
Jul 2, 2007 (20 photos)

"Ui, lange hab ich keinen Eintrag mehr gemacht. Viel haben wir auf den x-hundert Kilometern in den letzten 2 Wochen erlebt. Von Darwin sind wir nach Brisbane geflogen und wurden da ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by sara-abroad


Howdy from Down Under, Cairns, Australia travel blog Howdy from Down Under
Feb 4, 2006 (7 photos)

"Hei alle sammen Da er vi i Australia=) Vi hadde 5 flotte dager i Cairns. (Men befinner oss naa i Noosa - skal komme med fyldigere referater naar vi kommer til Adelaide) Egentlig er ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by inghel


A day to catch up and plan, Cairns, Australia travel blog A day to catch up and plan
Jan 31, 2008 (2 photos)

" I was in desperate need of clean clothes and needed to come up with some sort of plan for my trip down the east coast so that's mostly what today was about. I did manage to take a ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by gypsymichelle


Great Barrier Reef - Finally!, Cairns, Australia travel blog Great Barrier Reef - Finally!
Oct 20, 2006 (5 photos)

"Hello kids! Finally we arrived in Cairns!! A big city but quite nice! We spent a night there, and the following morning we took a ferry for 2 hours to get to the Great Barrier Reef ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by troispistoles


Cairns, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns
Sep 19, 2007 (15 photos)

"Hi everyone, I decided to head north to a place called Cairns. It like going to Florida for us...very hot all year round. It is also one of the places to see the Great Barrier Reef ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by gajordandk51


Bye Bye Australia, Cairns, Australia travel blog Bye Bye Australia
Jul 2, 2008

"Time flies by! Already finished doing the east coast in Australia in under 1 month. Which I now realise is way too short to explore Australia and I will definately be back! I've ha ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by eckardt


Cairns or bust..., Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns or bust...
Jul 24, 2006 (17 photos)

"Richard Having gotten off our boat in the morning we had planned to drive all day up to Cairns. We would break the drive by stopping in Townsville where we had put some photos in f ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by richardandfiona


Fraser Island, Whitsundays and Cairns, Cairns, Australia travel blog Fraser Island, Whitsundays and Cairns
Mar 18, 2007 (10 photos)

"We did a 3 day/2 night self-drive tour of Fraser Island.  You get put together with 10 other people and given a suggested itinerary to get round the island, and then the rest ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by jonandfay


Cairns, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns
Jun 14, 2006

"Another prompt start for a free transfer from the hostel to the railway station. Our host was a little later leaving than we'd hoped (we missed luggage check-in, and had to stash o ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by timefortea


Cains or -finally in Australia!!, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cains or -finally in Australia!!
Dec 28, 2005 (2 photos)

"Nachdem auch jeder Grashalm in Neuseeland rumgedreht wurde, freue ich mich mich mal so richtig auf Australien. Die Einreise erfolgt voellig schmerzfrei. Keine Schikane nix mit Ausz ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by es_rossi


Cairns, under the sea, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns, under the sea
Nov 14, 2007 (13 photos)

"Alice Springs - Last Day Before telling you all about our time in Cairns, we missed a couple of details about our last day in Alice Springs.  We had an almost full day so we d ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by juliensteve


Chillling in Cairns, Cairns, Australia travel blog Chillling in Cairns
Sep 20, 2006 (1 photo)

"Het heeft even geduurd maar daar zijn we weer. Ik zal kijken hoe ver ik kom met het bijwerken van mij reisverslag want er is erg veel gebeurd de laatse weken. We hebben net onze du ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by ronvand


Ozy Ozy Ozy, Oi Oi Oi!!, Cairns, Australia travel blog Ozy Ozy Ozy, Oi Oi Oi!!
Jul 25, 2007

"caines and croc farm ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by presto


The Tropical north!!, Cairns, Australia travel blog The Tropical north!!
Jun 6, 2008 (7 photos)

"Well, following Hervey Bay, we had another long bus journey overnight to Airlie Beach. The bus was actually quite full this time, and we had to sleep sitting up. I actually slept b ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by decemberchick


Cairns, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns
Oct 12, 2006 (9 photos)

"   Finally we've got to Australia after Morty questioning whether or not we would ever actually leave Bali. Everywhere we've been so far has greeted our arrival with torrentia ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by nickandmilly


Potential Bed Bugs, Gale Force 5 & A Shark, Cairns, Australia travel blog Potential Bed Bugs, Gale Force 5 & A Shark
Jul 24, 2008

"im not a hosteller and, im beginning to realise, a true bakcpacker in the hostelling sense of the word..  im not being spoilt or handbagesque or picky or snobby.  ho ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by nikkiviper


The Great Barrier Reef and great breakbeats, Cairns, Australia travel blog The Great Barrier Reef and great breakbeats
Jun 8, 2007 (17 photos)

"Welcome to the mecca of all backpacker meccas. If you cannot find cheap beer, free food, a pole dancing competition or get laid here you won't get it anywhere. Lucky for us we were ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by jen_and_chris


Passions of Paradise, Cairns, Australia travel blog Passions of Paradise
Mar 23, 2007 (20 photos)

"Continued... Day 11. Cairns Leaving Long Island was hard as we headed to our final destination with most of our group. Reunited with Matilda she took us to Cairns where we had dinn ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by atollafield


the end of our trip up the EAC dude!, Cairns, Australia travel blog the end of our trip up the EAC dude!
Apr 26, 2008 (14 photos)

"Well, Stace and I have finally arrived at our last destination on the East Coast of Australia, can you believe we've been here for 6 weeks already and only have 4 left to go? It se ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by hellizac


Cairns, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns
Apr 26, 2008 (6 photos)

"Samantha - For our first actual day in Cairns, we made the 20min drive up to Kuranda. On the way, we stopped off at Barron Falls which were much more impresive than we were&n ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by samandalex


The Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Australia travel blog The Great Barrier Reef
Jun 19, 2008

"Had an absolute nightmare journey here. We had planned on getting an overnight train to Singapore from KL then chilling there for the day and then take our plane to Oz, but the tra ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by mossradden


Cheers to Australia, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cheers to Australia
Nov 27, 2007

"The last 8 or so days after i returned from cape tribulation, i've been staying here in Cairns. What a horrible place. I haven't been alone though. team leeds, Ian, Ross, Josh, dan ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by baresoulsurfer


Well we made it up to cairns it's a ..., Cairns, Australia travel blog Well we made it up to cairns it's a ...
Jul 2, 2002 (1 photo)

"Well we made it up to Cairns. It's a tropical place and has rainforests, reef and raving. We stayed at some well crappy hostel called 'Captain Cooks' last night. It's about 20 mins ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by rickblyth


Finding Nemo, Cairns, Australia travel blog Finding Nemo
Apr 24, 2008 (17 photos)

"Ah, the amazing, exotic, scenic, coast of Topical Far North Queensland. To the locals it's not just 'Tropical Queensland', it's not even only 'North Queensland', but it's the whole ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by tommy_sar


Starting a quick tour down the East Coast, Cairns, Australia travel blog Starting a quick tour down the East Coast
Dec 6, 2004 (5 photos)

"Spent a couple days here, but too touristy. Kinda a combo of the prettiness of LA & Banff combined though. ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by waiting42morrow


The Great Reef, Cairns, Australia travel blog The Great Reef
Dec 17, 2005 (13 photos)

"I arrived in Cairns and stayed at Gilligans, a lovely flash backpackers right in the centre of town. Met some great people in my dorm: and Irish guy called Nial, two crazy Glaswegi ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by strawberry


Very rainy rainforest, Cairns, Australia travel blog Very rainy rainforest
Feb 20, 2007 (3 photos)

"After dismbarking the Kiana in Airlie Beach and having a quick drink with Sally, I then jumped on the overnight bus 655km to Cairns. The last bus trip of my travels !!!!! Thank God ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by molehole


Where the Reef Meets the Rainforest, Cairns, Australia travel blog Where the Reef Meets the Rainforest
Nov 13, 2007 (16 photos)

"Cairns is in the far north east of the tropical state of Queensland in Australia, along the coast. It is in a beautiful harbor and surrounded by mountains and rain forest. It is al ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by gypsy4now


End of Oz Experience, Cairns, Australia travel blog End of Oz Experience
Feb 24, 2006 (6 photos)

"Well I've made it to Cairns. In the last couple of days I spent a night at Magnetic Island, so named because Captain Cook's compass is said to have behaved erratically when he sail ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by ritchie


The Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Australia travel blog The Great Barrier Reef
May 8, 2007 (2 photos)

"And so after all the ordeals witht the flights we made it to Cairns in oz. Itīs a lovely place.. itīs not like. Ah Iīm being too harsh. There are some lovely concrete blocks a ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by fiandgeoff


Start of our dodge-a-roo odyssey, Cairns, Australia travel blog Start of our dodge-a-roo odyssey
Sep 7, 2007 (19 photos)

"So yes, it actually has been a while since any new additions were submitted to our travelblog, but on account of four broken thumbs between two people, some leniency could be affor ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by floandlew


to cairns via........., Cairns, Australia travel blog to cairns via.........
Jul 17, 2004

"via......... noosa rainbow beach fraser island hervey bay bundaberg ayr airlie beach great barrier reef whitsunday islands ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by jordanblair100


Cairns - the world, especially Australia is small!, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns - the world, especially Australia is small!
Jun 25, 2008

"Cairns, sick, Linus... ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by vera88


Cairns and Cape Tribulation, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns and Cape Tribulation
Nov 20, 2006 (2 photos)

"Hello! Arrived in Cairns safely, although my back is is in bits after sitting on a bus for 3 days along dirt roads! Ah well who cares im a backpacker! Cairns is a big party town, w ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by sanjohnno


A few fun days in the tropics., Cairns, Australia travel blog A few fun days in the tropics.
Nov 18, 2006 (6 photos)

"- ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by kieronmckeigue


Cairns, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns
Feb 22, 2007 (2 photos)

"Cairns ist eigentlich eine ganz nette Stast, es gibt hier keine Hochhaeuser, so wie in den meisten Stadten in Australien. Am Dienstag habe ich mit den Schweizern einen Au ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by juliat


Cairns, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns
Apr 23, 2006 (2 photos)

"On the way to the airport today we met a couple from England. They had been traveling since February. We kept running into them and found out eventually that they were on the same ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by page1nl


No more bus rides, yay!, Cairns, Australia travel blog No more bus rides, yay!
Mar 13, 2007

"Hey! Sorry we didn't write yesterday but we got in too late off our bus and they were all closed. Apparently 7pm is too late in Townsville . . everything was closed including their ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by jessntj


The Great Barrier Reef!, Cairns, Australia travel blog The Great Barrier Reef!
Jul 3, 2006

"So, back to the tale of my Dad and Becs.... The Sun of them being here, me dad, becs and cave boy flew to Cairns for sun and mostly for one of the wonders of the world the great ba ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by halfeatenapple


Cairns cutie!, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns cutie!
Jun 4, 2007 (15 photos)

"5th June 07 Today we all went on a cable car up through the rain forest in Cairns, it took an hour and a half, so we just messed about and pointed to things in the trees to see if ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by paulchada


From Darwin to Cairns (Act 2), Cairns, Australia travel blog From Darwin to Cairns (Act 2)
Jul 12, 2008

"We arrive to Alice in time to look for hostel put our stuff in place and drive to return the car. After finishing with the car we walked around town to see if we can find some lift ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by yam_cina


The Great Barrier Reef!!!, Cairns, Australia travel blog The Great Barrier Reef!!!
Feb 4, 2008 (36 photos)

"The Great Barrier Reef is unbelievable! It has been by far the highlight in Australia, we expected as much, after all, it is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Our firs ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by stevemarson


Job Hunting, Cairns, Australia travel blog Job Hunting
Jun 21, 2007 (3 photos)

"One week in Cairns of not so fun job hunting.... Money bites! If only it actually did grow on trees instead of hiding in the very few jobs available in Cairns. You know it's bad wh ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by nicolekraumanis


Cairns, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns
Mar 25, 2007

"25th March 2007, Cairns via Karunda, Australia Left Port Douglas this morning after spending the final night in the camper van and headed down to Cairns.  On the way we stoppe ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by danielandrachel


Australia - the east coast, 18-30 heaven (my hell), Cairns, Australia travel blog Australia - the east coast, 18-30 heaven (my hell)
Feb 24, 2006

"OK, this is a long one as I have been lazy and internet access is expensive in Australia... After arriving in Melbourne, sorted some transportation up the east coast and headed to ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by dalemountford


Cairns, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns
May 27, 2006 (9 photos)

"Hejsa Allesammen! Foerst vil jeg lige sige tak, til alle jer der skrev eller ringede paa min fodselsdag, det var rart at hoere fra jer =0) Og til i andre, saa forventer jeg ekstra ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by chrisser


Down Under, Cairns, Australia travel blog Down Under
Dec 6, 2007 (5 photos)

"Onni on auto, jossa on ilmastointi! Luulin, etta Singaporessa oli kuuma, mutta erehdyin. Kuuma onkin Cairnsissa. Singapore oli oikein mukava, pehmea lasku lomalle: Anne vei meita p ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by loskoivisto


flying out at 9am by grace Alateras, Cairns, Australia travel blog flying out at 9am by grace Alateras
Jul 6, 2006

"hey everyone!! mum, rose, lily, Oscar and me are flying out tomorrow at 9am from Melbourne Airport to Cairns!! but there is a up and downside to our situation good thing leaving at ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by jalateras


Cairns, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns
Nov 11, 2007 (10 photos)

"We arrived at Cairns airport after a bit two flights, no sleep as too many films to watch, came through customs and I got interrogated by immigration, then a sniffer dog sniffed ou ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by carlosb1978


Chasing Waterfalls, Cairns, Australia travel blog Chasing Waterfalls
Mar 6, 2008 (9 photos)

"We checked into the hotel and got organized. We found out that our 'rain forest' tour had been canceled for Thursday given the road to the park was closed. Okay. Our hotel offered ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by jps-traveler


The Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Australia travel blog The Great Barrier Reef
Oct 26, 2006 (5 photos)

"Although the Great Barrier Reef stretches out for over 2000km, one of the best places to catch a glimpse of it is from Cairns in Northern Queensland, which is my last stop in Austr ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by ggeben


Cairns - Chasing vans and sleeping in carparks, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns - Chasing vans and sleeping in carparks
Aug 15, 2006 (8 photos)

"The Sugar Industry Museum was our first stop of the day after Mission Beach as we had decided that we drive through too many cane fields to not know how sugar is produced. We got t ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by melash


Frogs and Sunshine, Cairns, Australia travel blog Frogs and Sunshine
May 4, 2005 (6 photos)

"Its been quite a long time since I've written in this, mainly due to the fact that I've not really being doing much and I wouldn't want to bore ye with tales of how the weather was ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by jen_is_away


Blue Christmas, Cairns, Australia travel blog Blue Christmas
Dec 29, 2006 (14 photos)

"After a week on the south-west of Australia, time to move on again - this time to Cairns, in the north-east corner, for some diving and to meet up with Andy, who's joining me for t ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by robfrumkin


Escape to Australia, Cairns, Australia travel blog Escape to Australia
Dec 12, 2005

"After landing in Cairns following our two flights we caught a taxi from the airport to town. Utter bliss to be able to march up directly to a taxi, get in, state a destination and ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by bakes


Cairns, Cairns, Australia travel blog Cairns
Jun 1, 2005 (6 photos)

"So after a teary goodbye to Jim i jetted of from Alice Springs ( in a tiny plane!) To Cairns on the East Coast of Australia. Lisa, Rach and Jason were already there waiting for me. ..."

A travel blog entry from Cairns by whereisandrew


Cairns, Cairns, Australia travel blog