On The Beach Trinity Beach

Angoram wasn't much. We pulled up to a mudflat (around 12:15am) that had a tin shack enclosed in a wire fence, oil drums, and a resting platform. Across a muddy inlet, we could make out houses of the town in the moonlight. There was, of course, no electricity, so everything was dark. Skipper showed us a point where the PMV would arrive at 2am (!) – but said it wasn’t safe to go over there now to wait. So, after a lot of milling about, we settled into ...

... sea we headed back and this time i was prepared and had loads of travel sick pills so i was perfectly fine on the journey back but for the entire evening i had 'Sea Legs' and kept feeling as if i was swaing and rocking side to side and up and down, wierdest feeling...

On Friday Me and Jamie headed to a day in a village called Kurranda which is located up in the middle of the rainforest in middle of no where. There is a road that can get you there but for tourists the ...

... Hervey Bay and Fraser Island as the weather were sketch and the purse strings were tight.

we drove for thousands of kilometres it seemed, through Bundy, Rockhampton, Mackay and up to Airlie Beach, stopping at whatever national park was around - which reminds me - we went inland to Eungella National Park and trekked through tropical rainforest for the day (as the sun went down), stopping to watch Platypuses swimming in the river. by the time we got back ...

... up at 6:30am and just got back (it's almost 7:00pm right now). We took a tour van with about 7 or 8 of us. We went to a lot of view points, went on a crocodile-watching cruise and saw two crocks, took pictures, had a nice lunch mid way thru the day, and then ended up at Cape Tribulation, nice beach view of the Reef in the distance. More to come tomorrow! Hope you're all doing well!

... laugh at me. First priority was to find a hostel to stay in, second priority, talcum powder. Ahh the relief of a corn-starch based anti-rash powder for way too much money. Life was good again. Well folks, we are getting tons of comments and emails about the blog. I hope everyone is enjoying it and we will keep it coming. We are in Cairns for about another day and a half, then we head to Sydney on tuesday and TOKYO ON THURSDAY!!! Giddy up. More to come soon. Birnie and Makely

... give instruction on board during sea days e.g. handicraft lecturers, ballroom dancing instructors and also the lack of any special events taking place in some of the more prestigious ports of call (apparently other cruise lines have organised events in the Sydney Opera House during their world cruise). Having dined in the Bistro, by ourselves we watched the show, presented this evening by an Australian comedian, Mike Harris, before retiring after a long but enjoyable day.

... testicle key ring and purses made out of toads (which come with a certificate noting that they are pests which it says should get you through customs with no problems) - we didn't buy either!! After having lunch, we drove to the nearby Barron Falls and then to the "Rainforest Station" - one of the many tourist attractions around the village. There, we took a tour in a 2nd World War amphibious vehicle - a "Duck ...

... of concrete. Tina showed us a huge clam type thing that was open and she could get her arm inside. It started to close up slowly around her but there was lots of soft tissue inside and it obviously wasn't going to try and eat her or anything lol. We got to feel the inside and it felt like velvet when it gets when (not that I wear velvet but I can imagine lol). She also showed us this other creature looked like a brown velvet sock (velvet again lol ...