I lived in Cairns with a friend for almost 4 months in the spring of 2007. I have to say one of the most amazing things about Cairns is the sunrises. I was up every single morning for them, they were absolutely amazing. We lived in the Coral Towers, about a 30 minute walk from town. We had to walk everywhere because we didn't have a car, but it ...

Well Cairns has definitely been an adventure. We have been feeling the wrath of a cyclone - its raining like mad but we've still managed to get sunburn... very strange. Have been learning to wakeboard at the cable tow - very bad at it at the moment - can get up for about 1 millisecond before splatting in the water. The motivation for keeping on ...

Hi ya guys Well, after nearly 14 weeks in Cairns, it's about time i moved on!!! I have met sooo many amazing people here and have had the time of my life but need to get the hell out of here and go and see some sights!!! Stef and I are travelling together now for a bit as Katie is still working on the cruise ship until November :-( I will be mee...

Welcome to Austr*li*, Upon *rriving *t my destin*tion, you could smell the we*ther *nd humidity. All re*lis*tion sets in *t this point, you *re truly *cross the world with your home on your b*ck. First test of strength will be *rriving *t my desired destin*tion, Shen*****ns Hostel. E*sy enough. I st*nd outside w*iting for my 'Shuttle Bus' to *rr...

I spent another few days chilling out on Magnetic before deciding to head off on the 18th. I got a chance to do a bit of snorkelling and also hired a kayak to go and see the dolphins which swim close to the beaches. One amusing aside was the reaction of three English girls who checked into the cabin when the Israelis checked out. One of the guys...

From Brisbane I went to a small place called Noosa. Although small Noosa is firmly on the backpacker trail. Its a bit more upmarket than Byron Bay - a great place to spend some time chilling but I definately prefered Byron. From Noosa it was up to Harvey Bay to go to Fraser Island. Harvey Bay itself is nothing to write home about. They call it "...

After the hussel and bussell of Malaysia and Singapore we finally landed in Australia after nearly 15 hours of travelling and hassle @ Singapore Airport. The first thing we then did after checking in Gilligans was to contact temps and Charlie who came to meet us for a monster night on the **** and temple much to our surprise was well up for it. ...

Another marathon drive has brought us to Cairns, a big shock in many senses of the word. First of all when we stopped heading east and started to head north up the coast we met TRAFFIC!!!! Traffic lights, speed limits, cameras, police cars - its all very confusing to bush people like us. We are used to sitting in the middle of the road, swerving...

after 40 hours on and off buses after the worsweek of my life i got to custome and had to declare evena wooden spoon for fear of a fine and they acc had sniffer dog to see if you had any beads or shells this is how immigration should be i feel but our country if far too slack and we wonder why we end up with soo much ****-desiese-animals and not...

So, here I am in Cairns and it's raining still. But never mind, I have had lots of sun here and as long as I keep my T-shirt on, I have a great tan already! Igal and I have been all around Cairns looking for day trips out to the barrier reef. Carins is the most popular place to get out to the famous reef so we started looking. Igal is a diver so...