Coral Towers Holiday Units Cairns

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255 The Esplanade Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 4870, 61-7-40465465

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Waterfalls, Tablelands, and the Curtain Fig Tree

We went along with the Australia Conservation Volunteers on their trip to eradicate weeds up in the tablelands and around. Technically we were volunteering but we got a nice free tour out of it as well of the waterfalls and the curtain fig tree. It poured rain on us for a while, but what else can you expect during rainy season?

Atherton, Queensland, Australia alifebeinglived
Parasailing, Scuba, and a Helicopter Flight!

We went parasailing! Unfortunately neither Christie nor I have no pictures of it, but we DO have photos from other adventures. I did the typical touristy thing—holding a koala—at this place above the casino. And Christie and I went gambling! She won a whopping nine dollars.

We also went out to the Great Barrier Reef to scuba dive. We could choose 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 bee...

Cairns, Queensland, Australia alifebeinglived
The Move to CAIRNS

My friend Christie and I met up in Cairns, we got set up with an internship and they paid for us to have a sweet two-bedroom apartment on the ocean called Coral Towers right on the esplanade. Incredible views of the sea, the mountains and the sunrises.

The Esplanade is a big part of our daily lives. We always walk into to town or jog at nights or mornings. In the morning the tide is high, but later in the afternoon it always goes down and turns into these massive mud flats. And no swim...

Cairns, Queensland, Australia alifebeinglived
Kuranda

Christie and I had been waiting for our friend Dani to arrive in Cairns before taking a trip up to Kuranda, which is a village in the rainforest near Cairns. Most people do a tour where they take the train up via the Kuranda Scenic Railway and the Skyrail down or vice versa. The train was undergoing some fixing/maintenence or something rather so we took the Skyrail up and down. We had beautiful views of the rainforest below. When we arrived in Kuranda we encountered some people on the street ...

Kuranda, Queensland, Australia alifebeinglived
Michaelmas Cay

While my friends Christie and Danielle were in Melbourne (our boss took them along on a business trip, I was so jealous!) I was able to go scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef again. I went out to Michaelmas Cay and another location with a great company called Passions of Paradise. While diving I saw a shark, a huge clam, and a great big sea turtle. I met some great people as well. While walking down the esplanade to the pier I was able to capture some amazing morning lighting as the sun ca...

Cairns, Queensland, Australia alifebeinglived
Botanical Gardens

We went to Cairns Botanic Gardens (I find the word botanic strange, I call them the botanic gardens). I remember doing A LOT of walking.

Cairns, Queensland, Australia alifebeinglived
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Cairns, Australia shaun_gooch
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Mission Beach and Cairns...Bye bye Oz!

... realise afterwards that we'd sat down right by the "extreme sports" flag...probably not the best idea!! The next day we had lots of rain so we took advantage of the TV room in the hostel which had the comfiest sofas ever! A few of the group left that afternoon so the rest of us went to Scotty's (another hostel in Mission) where it was ladies night, so us girlies got free "champagne" for an hour. It was gross, but free so it ...

cairns, Queensland, Australia annaobeirne
Great Barrier Reef

Gu' Day!! So we have finally made it to Australia after a couple of brilliant months exploring South East Asia. It is a very welcome break coming to a country with all of the Western facilities we have grown so used to back in the UK. Our first stop on the east coast is Cairns which is a beautiful city located at the north of the east coast. Within the city is a esplanade and fantastic lagoon. (Swimming is not recommended in the sea here as the sea water is ...

Cairns, Queensland, Australia mattmcgivern
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... the girls went off to the cinema and saw 'Last Chance Harvey' - what else should one do when arriving at a different country for the first time? - which was wonderful (you'd love it mom). Feeling that we should actually do a little site seeing, we took a trip to the saltwater lagoon. You're not allowed to swim in the ocean here because of the crocodiles, so they have a lagoon - basically an oversized swimming ...

Cairns, Queensland, Australia joannesharpe
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