181 The Esplanade Cairns

... which I thought was cool but as I tried to find Laura to see if she had seen it I soon got my answer as she was swimming at full speed in the opposite direction of the shark and straight back to the boat. The video I took is quite funny as it shows the shark swimming and then I look up with the camera and theres just bubbles as Laura powers away. I managed to catch her up and calm her down and reassure her that we aren't on the menu, so we carried on looking for ...

Another day in Cairns. I spent most of the day wandering around. Replaced another lost pair of sunglasses and stocked up on supplies for the next few days.The town reminds me of spring break at Mazatlan with alot of late night bars and touristy stores. I am ready for my dive trip.

G'day this morning we chilled out at home for most of the morning as we had the house to ourselves, as the kids were in day care while Claire and Mark were at work. So we got a lot of our admin stuff sorted and I finally managed to back all our photos up by burning them to dvd, one of my biggest worries was losing the laptop and all our photos. Some shops back up to cd but we have so many I filled 3 dvd's so it would have been to expensive ...

... of a nice coffee and bun along the front before setting off for the bottle shop that we'd been told about so that we could have some nice wine on the balcony later. Revisited the shopping mall that we went to last time where he bought his cowboy hat - just checking it out for bits and pieces. Back to the hotel to get changed and see what tonight will ...

... headed python! Something i couldnt say no as much as i hated touching a snake. It felt all slimy and rank and jamie took his time trying to take a picture from both mine and his camera and i was getting pretty close to ******** myself and throwing the bloody thing but i managed to keep my kool. u will notice in the pic i kept the snake WELL away from my face!<br><br>The journey back down from the village was by the original Kurranda Railway which is over a hundred years ...

... can i say? i am a tourist! our trip to Kuranda today started out gloomy and rainy again. we were crossing our fingers that it would clear by the afternoon like it did yesterday. but as soon as we got into our cablecar and began to rise above the treetops and up over the mountainside, the weather no longer mattered. what views!!! we could see cairns, the neighboring town of smithfield and all the way to the reef. it only got better as we floated across the ...

... you lazy *****. I was in no mood having spent 5 hours at the albeit - great airport - watching a replay of Liverpool/Utd :-) with my first pint of Guinness (woeful Guinness) since leaving home. So as I squeezed passed I uttered slightly not under my breath "Don't bother your **** getting up or anything" knowing full well he wouldn't have a clue what I was saying - but it felt good. Landing in Cairns he was straining to see the view out the window so I ...

... from land sickness we have a night out for everyone off the boat. As it's Daves birthday the drinks keep coming. It's not long before he is worse for wear, eating the Aussie favourite Vegemite straight out of the jar and dancing by himself in a night club! Suzi walks him back to the hostel, although the video of the walk back must have been doctored. There is no way I was that drunk! The next two days are spent with Dave in bed suffering from land sickness!

... of lunch overlooking the tablelands - very nice indeed. After lunch came the highlight of the day - a visit to 'Milla Milla' falls - scene of Peter Andre's infamous 'mysterious girl' video and also the setting for the timotey advert!! After a nice swim and some timotey moments of our own we headed on to a volcanic crater lake for one last swim with some archer fish and turtles. The water was much, much warmer here, in fact I could have swam around in there all day ...