Best Western Acacia Court Htl Cairns

Met with Essi and a german girl Manuela. She was looking for the same things we were so decided to come with us. Chilled at the lagoon and baked in the sun for a while. Met up with another german girl sabrina. She was very excited to travel and already had a tours figured out. Did some laundry and lazed in the sun more. All of us met up and figured out our tour options. We got excited about hitting the road after having a good talk.

... her blanked - wot genius we are! The couple adjacent to use were rather impressed and said they had never seen anything like that before!! The toilets and showers on the site were spotless and apart from there being no hot water it was near to perfect as you could get. The air was clean and it was very peaceful, After 12 hours sleep we were on the road again, we went to Josephine falls (where you could swim ...

... good price and there's only 3 people in my room all together. The staff are really friendly and learn your name and JOhn, the guy at reception, is really helpful and easy to talk to. They also let you use things like utensils, spices, tea, coffee and oil free of charge and with no deposit. The beds are super comfy too! I'm staying here about a week and a half all together.

I was pretty exhausted when I first arrived but still managed to make it through the ...

... was excellent and we met a couple there we met on fraser island. I wanna go back there at some point. they do a biking tour and on scooters that look like harley davidsons and i missed out. Next day we drove to airlie beach, stayed ina hostel which was noisy but ok. Left for the boat on friday, no bags with zips allowed coz thats where bed bugs hide apparently...and u have to have bare feet all the time. Got on the boat, cabins r tiny and mine and marks bed are the smallest ...

... headed to Cairns. I got dropped off at the YHA and guess who was in the same room as me? Yup, Than and Aline! Handy!! Jake was leaving Cairns the next day so me and Than went to his hostel and had a few drinks with him and the others from the Oz bus. We played a few drinking games then went to the bar downstairs in Gilligans. We found some UV paint and glitter in someones room so decorated ourselves with it which was fun. Than played on the pokies (slot machines found in nearly every ...

... two hours- journey to Port Douglas where we were due to board the boat for the journey to the Reef. The wind was blowing quite strongly so even on the voyage out we were offered ginger tablets for seasickness and of course I accepted! The sea was very choppy and it took one and a half hours to get out to the Reef where they have a pontoon anchored.

The ...

... I was so excited! You really want to take one with you!! We learned about other local animals like the kangaroos. (we were told at the van rental not to avoid animals on the road.


There is even a reminder sticker on our dashboard: "kangaroos - run the f*ckers down!!!" We also saw a crossaory. It looks like an ostrich crossed with a turkey with a hammer on its head. It looks super scary ...

... wearing them too. It was a little scary just before entering the water as one could drown (the thought going through my head) but after completing the three tests underwater with our instructor it was on down to the underwater world. We descended to about 10 metres and a whole different world where we saw dozens of tropically coloured fish of all sizes and shapes (some odd ones). We found nemo the 'anenome clown fish' and had our picture ...

... his lunch. I now have missed my scuba dive. Get back to the boat and they said that I can just go with the next group. another 45 mins later i get to dive but have to keep my arms linked with the instructor. (this is awful). But i did get to see some more of the Great Barrier Reef. The group who I was suppose to go with saw a reef shark, so i am very mad i got stuck with birds. But I made it back to the hostel in time for Ladies Night and one final hurrah!

... pictures. Perhaps the highlight, though, was when we stopped in at the visitors center and Courtney let out a blood-curdling scream, which scared the hell out of me. What had caused this reaction? She had spied a huge spider on an even huger web right outside the visitors center. It was about as big as my hand. Throughout the rest of the trip, Courtney would periodically have nightmares of that spider, which was pretty entertaining. This is not ...