Cairns International

... for brekkie and pasta bake for tea, it was a steal and a dam sight cheaper than buying out all the time. Missing my spuds thou so might have to get some one night.<br><br>So I&#8217;m afraid not that exciting today, we finished with a few games of cards and then bed. Tomorrow we are back up early and off to Kuranda (the rainforest) on a old train so more interesting hopefully. <br><br>O did I mention it is a really warm and sunny here, I hear its beautiful back home :o)

... off at Noosa - which was a very pretty beach town. Arrived at Surfer's and met up with one of our friends who lives there - Suzie from the outback - and went out with her in a big group! It was wicked.<br>9th June - Went to the beach with everyone and chilled out. Swam a little bit but it was little bit chilly so sunbathed most of the time. Went to a seafood restaurant which was wicked. Then that evening it was the Dracula's Comedy evening. This was the ...

... gather our stuff and start to mentally change focus to scuba diving. To our disbelief Lennart has forgotten to bring the underwaterhousing for the camera and we run around the city to find the right model. As sweat starts pooring down the spine we give in and rent an u/w camera. As TAKA ships out from Cairns harbour an hour of so later we are onboard, including all our gear. We travel in notherly direction all night to arrive at the ...

... to wear a wetsuit, a stinger suit, or none (just a swimsuit). It was so warm I just picked neither, I guess it wouldn't have been the best decision if something had actually stung me! It rained a lot but what difference does it make underwater, right? We also had the opportunity to fly in a helicopter! So many of my life goals were accomplished in the one week!

... GBR, not to mention some cool photos!<br><br>The first night we there we ate at a restaurant called Boydy&#8217;s. The food was decent enough, but what caught my eye was a sign in the front advertising the Boydy&#8217;s challenge: a 48oz steak dinner complete with fries and salad. The challenge was if you were able to eat it in under an hour you&#8217;d win a free beer. Now that wasn&#8217;t quite enough to entice my competitive spirit, but when I saw that there was a time record ...

... to Kuranda you get to experience a sleepy town set to cater to tourists alone it appears. We looked in some shops, bought some goods and made our way back to the train station. We rode the Kuranda train back to Cairns. It's an interesting journey through twisting winding track through at least a dozen tunnels and over several hair raising bridges and cliffs. At one point it passes the Barron River gorge which drops down far below. Australia is in the midst of a ...

... few metres to scoff down some more grass. Bob's horse liked being in the lead and pushed past anyone who looked like they were slacking. Despite the snack stops, I endeavoured to keep up. The only bummer was the rain, which I hadn't expected and was ruddy cheesed off about. In the end, you either wore a fetching yellow plastic poncho or got wet. So as it turned out, no-one looked cool.