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Cairns: The Oz Adventure Begins!

A travel blog entry by travelbuggednaz

... I was welcomed to Cairns by a flying bird splattering its poop all over me on the way there. They say its good luck I guess! I cleaned myself up and we continued on our way to dinner. After a simple spag napolitano, we wandered through the Cairns Night Markets. They were filled with traveller bits and bobs such as opal jewellery, leather bracelets and anklets, australian natural products such as Emu oil toiletries, kangaroo fur and the odd didgeridoo. We found a lot of ...

Cairns adventures - round 1

A travel blog entry by mdewey

... eclipse, but no the totality. However, it was still fun experiencing the darkness that unfolded during the eclipse and seeing all the birds freak out. After witnessing the eclipse, I walked to the night market where I the tour bus was picking me up. While waiting for the bus, I met Lauren and Vicky, two English girls who were waiting for the same bus. We boarded the bus at 7:10am and set off for the adventure tour to cape tribulation.
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Outstanding adventure down a river

A travel blog entry by gemmaleighsmith

... due to the amount of presents I've bought, so I was aching majorly by the time we found it. We checked in and straight away caught a taxi taking us to the Wool Shed to meet everyone else. I had my favourite Mexican burrito alongside a refreshing small cider, and then we all discovered the night market. I bought more presents as I just can't control myself before having a upper body massage done which was fantastic. Today, in general, I haven't felt too great as my ...

Planes, Trains, Boats . . . oh my!!

A travel blog entry by carolrichardson

... up at the cash to order & pay & get a number (or beeper in this case) and then going to the bar to buy drinks. Not gourmet dining but good.
Friday night in town so lots of people out & about, bands playing in the local bars and very loud & busy at our hostel.
　

　
9:15am and we're off. ETA in Brisbane is 4:05 Sunday night. Yes, that's 30 ...

Under the sea and into the sky!

A travel blog entry by wilkowebb

... had been given earlier in the day to remember when diving. This was shown when the instructor wanted to link arms with Claire and Claire fist pumped him instead, confused as to what he was asking(there was definitely too many things to remember!!)

As soon as we got under the boat we were greeted by the Labrador of the sea- Wally!! he was a loveable fish that was happy to be patted and stroked. However Claire was still too scared to ...