181 The Esplanade Cairns
181 The Esplanade Cairns, Queensland, 4870, Australia
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Road trip
After some well deserved rest after all this exercise we have been doing, we thought hiring a car might be a novel way to see some more of the surrounding towns before heading off south. So we got a little red runabout and headed to Port Douglas for the day. Port Douglas was very nice but VERY expensive. So we had a little explore and look on the …
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Toiletsville
Today was the day we were off to Cairns. It was going to be 5 hours of travelling by plane to get there; just makes you realise what a bloody big place Australia is. We had a few bits and pieces to do before we left so we checked out of the hotel and left our not inconsiderable luggage with them and headed into the CBD. Man, it was hot... 42C. Even the wind was hot. Walking in the shade was essential because burn times ...
2 scuba dives on the Great Barrier Reef = amazing!
Hi guys,
On Saturday I met my tour group which I was a bit nervous about as I am spending the next 2 weeks with them so I hoped that it would be a good group and luckily it is and I've met some really cool people. There are 36 of us altogether and it's 9 blokes and 27 girls!! So I'm gonna to have lots of girly time :-)
The first place we went to was called Kuranda. It's a bit of a hippy village up in the rainforest ...
Day 21-27 – 20th – 26th November
... we had signed up to complete our RSA (responsible service of Alcohol) certificate. In Australia it is required by law that any person which works in licensed premises has this certificate. What with Katie looking for bar work it was something that needed doing. I jumped on the bandwagon as its something else to fall back on if the diving work doesn’t come straight away. The course was pretty easy, and felt like another way of the government raising funds from travellers ...
Animal Bliss
... are bourgeois. Man has something of a freak in him. He wants to do something, to go somewhere, to be; and if it's not allowed, if he cannot be a rose, then he would like to be a weed - but he would like to be something. If he cannot become a Buddha, he wil become a criminal. If he cannot create poetry, he will create nightmares. If he cannot bloom, he will not allow anybody else to bloom."
It's Sunday, November ...



