Balinese Motel Cairns

... a lot of laughs at Tim the lad who had his arm in cast because he didn't want to be left out went and stuck a plastic bag over his arm and jumped in the pool to play volleyball. After drying off and having some lunch the lads hired a film to stay in the shade for the afternoon, so we caught the opening half hour before we had to go get changed ready for the bus to take us up to Cairns. We said our goodbyes to the lads for the 2nd time and agreed to meet up again for a few ...

Well we really are back packers now, we have a van, that we have pimped with flowery stickers, Buddha, butterflies, dream catchers and angels. Her name is Juicy Lucy the Green Explorer, we hired her from Juicy and she is the size of a big car so we can both manage her. Last night we stayed in a free campsite near The Boulders, It was a tip off from Pat the best information center lady ever and boy was it fab. We ...

... in the end by driving along the beach. The maps they gave us were **** but it made it more fun. We camped out, 3 tents for each group, cooking on the camping stoves and playing drinkin games in the evenings. The stars are so clear and u can see the southern cross and the milky way. The sunsets were awesome too. Next day we got up and drove up the beach to a look out point. its beautiful..i didnt go coz my foot was achy but the pics r great! Then on the way back we stopped at ...

... and they are especially lovely for reasons which I will reveal in a bit!) and the bus driver I had to take me to Cairns was none other then my first ever Oz Ex bus driver Squirtle! I thought that was nice and significant!! How funny that my first and last bus driver would be the same! It was even the same little rubbish 24 seater bus which are all cramped!! We left Mission Beach and 10 minutes into the journey I realised I'd left my mp3 player charging in the hostel!! I was gutted ...

... with a guide and also climbed up a tower which is above the forest and looks down on it, fascinating really. Of course they have quite a lot of rain, three metres a year I think the guide said! We also did a river cruise and we saw two crocodiles sunning themselves on the shore, also a baby one peeping above the water. We stopped at Mossman Gorge on the way ...

05.04.09: After our flight to Darwin, we took a connection to Cairns. There were bodies on the floor everywhere in the airport waiting for the very early flight. We went to the Wicked campers place (as advised by Trent and Renee). We had to laugh when we were given the Marilyn Mason "rehab is for quitters" van. I had in mind hippie flowers and smiley faces. Well, looks like we are going to look like ...

... of wine) playing intense drinking games before heading back to the Woolshed to (try) and dance it off. By day we were at the lagoon down on the esplanade, a lovely layed out green area for the public with a huge swimming pool, electric BBQ's and fitness equipment. By night it was to the Woolshed for free food, back to Caravella's with the 'goon' to get cheaply ****** and then off back to the Woolshed with free entry vouchers to stumble ...

... that boat wasnt running in the morning to so i got the companys "complimentary upgrade." Im not kidding when I say I was one of 3 english speaking people. There were about 45 Japanese and 8 Germans. The announcements on the boat were made in japanese, then german, then english. It was also raining and there were rough seas so i threw up for the first 45 mins of the boat trip. We finally made it out to where we were diving, and it was 11. I was due to dive ...

... which didn't really bother us at all. Anyways, we grabbed dinner at the Pier Bar, which was probably my favorite meal of the trip, and then returned home to watch the Oscars, which were replayed here in Australia at night in an abbreviated form. They were shown live during the afternoon here. We were getting up at 7 a.m. to go to the Barrier Reef the next day, so we wanted to take it easy this night, and we were asleep by 11 or so.