Bay Village Tropical Retreat Cairns

... He ended up being the guide in my raft! There were three rafts all together with about 4-5 in a raft.  It was the most fun I have had so far on the whole trip! It was hard work all the paddling and my arms are rather sore today but it was well worth it! The rapids weren't super tough but still strong enough that it got my heart racing doing down.  I am proud to say that I did not fall ...

G'day everyone sorry but this is going to be another short blog as we didn't really do anything today as my sore throat had turned into full blown Aussie Man Flu. I know I was lucky to not start growing a long tail and a pouch and start hopping around everywhere but I manned up and got lots of strong drugs to help fight it. We did send a ...

... Ayers rock/ Darwin)... then I found an English couple at Dougies who <br>were heading North.....<br><br>So the next afternoon off we headed in their lovely camper van to Cape Tribulation.... stopped briefly in Daintree.... nothing there but a famous river where you can go white water rafting or crocodile spotting (couldn't afford either)... got to Cape Tribulation before it got dark... in time to witness the gorgeous beaches there.....<br><br>On my travels I've seen so many ...

... the sea life, the possibility of seeing sea turtles and that the best way to enjoy the experience was to follow them calmly and at a distant, this way you would see them a lot longer instead of them swimming away, alas I never got to see a sea turtle under the water, we saw them from the boat and often they would swim close to our safety boundary, roped out by the guides, but never under the water :-). We were also asked if we were scared of sharks!?! They said if ...

... the bike rack that Mick made us (we have no idea what happened to that, but we will get another) so we were a little nervous. But it was for the u-turn - apparently its illegal to do a uturn at a set of lights - even when there isnt any signage - we thought there would be a sign to say no uturn allowed - and thats in every state, except for Victoria (go figure). The policeman obviously saw a Kombi and thought he might get a couple of bums - but he was suprised to see some lovely ...

... a blocked nose) and so had to stop and Emma continued and did a 3rd dive. The fish were amazing and the coral was wicked. It was one of the best experiences. Then we went back to the hotel and did a pub crawl however, we both didn't drink that much and went home early because we felt ill. <br>1st June - This morning, we went and did a SKYDIVE from 14, 000 feet!!! We were taken by car to a mini airport/airfield thing and we were all strapped up onto our men ...

... Would it be 5th time lucky?! Yes it was! I was first to be picked up and the coach did a tour of all the hostels in Cairns picking up about 30 people from Cairns itself who wanted to skydive at Mission. We drove for 2 hours to get there and at one point we drove through rain. It would have been just my luck to have driven 2 hours to Mission Beach only to turn around and be driven straight back! We arrived at the Tully airstrip where we would take off from and filled out all the ...

... night in Alice Springs & left the next day for the 4 hour drive to Uluru. We stopped at a camel farm on the way where I was able to ride a camel - I'm sticking to horses in the future, not fun! We then went to Kata Tjuta to do the 'Valley of the Winds' hike, before arriving at Uluru in time for sunset :) This was a chance to have a little bit of luxury & we were given glasses of champagne with cheese & biscuits! We were up early the ...

... the place with a precision which is second to none - there'll be no dodging passed without paying the rent here. My check in was interrupted briefly as she cornered a young american scurrying past with the words, "hey I believe you owe me some rent". More hostile than hostel. Back to school I rest up and then head into town to discover its mundanity/mundaneness - whatever - choose that which is correct. In town, I map out the next few days over a ...