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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 …
Bye Bye Uluru....Hello Cairns!!!!!!!!
... sat with yet another German called Tom, I had the nicest meal I think since being in Oz (bearing in mind I am cooking for myself) although slighty awkward at this point with Tom and I due to it being a very romantic setting and the only couple at a table. Therefore, it was an early night as there really wasn't much else to do and it was very quiet.
The next day we were picked up by George, whilst waiting for others ...
So Cairn's is a little bohemian....
... know about Cairns. As we left the coach he said ‘Have a nice day and eh, you might be lucky enough to have us on the way back!’ and guess what, we were the lucky ones! We had the same spiel on the way back but Geoff was lucky enough to fall asleep through it but I couldn’t switch off and had the delights of his tales all the way home.
We returned to the hostel where we watched a movie and read our books as we literally have time to kill until ...
What's That Skip...You wanna go to Hartley's
After a busy couple of days we had no plans and after seeing all there was to see in Port Douglas we decided to head south back down to Cairns. We had another very scenic drive along the Captain Cook Highway before making a snap decision to visit Hartleys Crocodile Adventure Park where here we could get up close and actually see some crocodiles and cassowaries. We originally planned on staying there a couple of hours but it was so good we actually ended up ...
Kicked out of the damn hostel!
... slept like a baby for once. The hostel was rather uncomfortable and apparently nobody there likes to keep the rooms cool. November 4 - Woke up on Sunday, had a nice brunch at a coffee shop by the Esplanade and made it back to the airport with plenty of time to spare. Apparently you have to have your flight out of BALI booked before they will allow you to get boarding passes TO BALI so I used my fingers to figure out how long I wanted to stay there ...
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