Getaways On Grafton Cairns

... won’t work if you already feel sick”. Grrr.

Anyway, we jumped in for our intro dive with Doug and another couple. In Rachel’s opinion, the dive was much scarier (possibly due to her fragile state) as we had a lot more freedom and were in deeper sea and weren’t able to cling to the instructor. In Stu’s opinion, it was much better and he kept disappearing to the bottom to stare at clownfish etc. Rachel followed Doug like a ...

... of the towns only casino. You heard me right a Zoo in the top of the Casino. Why didn't I think to look in the Casino for a zoo, won't make that mistake again. It was there we found Pelita the most adorable little koala you have ever seen (FYI I was told these darling little animals when found in the wild would bite and scratch your eyes out, LOVELY). Later we ran across "George" a 50 year old Salt water Crocodile who struck terror in us even behind the cage (it ...

... was named by Captain Cook who hit a reef here in 1770 and who had to stop to make repairs before continuing on his voyage of discovery. Retracing my steps from the day before I sped past Port Douglas and Mossman another 20 kms until I reached Daintree, this is a very important part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area containing the worlds oldest living tropical rainforest and home to a great diversity of flora and fauna, even now new discoveries are still being made ...

... walk along the beach, complete with some of those mysterious round balls of sand...

All in all a very interesting and pretty day, and I can leave my whirlwind tour of Cairns knowing I saw some of the highlights of the local scenery. In all honesty, though, one could easily spend several weeks here before one got bored. Ah well... I made the best of my few days.

... to hold out, we anchored just off the Green Island a secluded island, where we jumped ship and snorkelled for an hour of so exploring life under the sea, through the coral reefs and swimming with the many sea creatures, nothing too scary although I constantly kept mistaking the huge fish for reef sharks don't know what I was more afraid of! It wasn't the smoothest of swims the current was strong and every time I lifted my head I seemed to be further from ...

... murders residing no not in the Northern Territories (NT) but Adelaide · Survive them and then the mad men of the NT will take you out · If you are still alive then the drivers (especially in Queensland) will surely do you in · No, still alive, then those pesky trees that jump out at you whilst you are driving (one of the highest causes of death in Queensland is single car accidents or driver versus tree according to 'journo' reports ...

... et mes hébergements en YHA car maintenant que je suis membre cela me revient moins cher ! Mais j'ai décidé de faire un compromis : je reste en YHA mais j'ai pris une chambre pour moi seule ! Bonne gestion Mik Mik ! J'ai voulu faire le scenic flight au dessus de la barrière de corail car j'ai de la chance le temps hier et aujourd'hui est super ! Mais c'était évidemment complet ! Les vols de vue ne veulent décidément pas de moi ! Tant mieux cela coûtait une fortune ! J ...

Today was one of the best days even though it didnt look like it was going to be. We had a trip to the reef postponed from Monday due to the cyclone so it had been changed to today. It was a beautiful day on monday and then when we woke up, it was torrential rain. We were assured it was to be a clear day out on the reef so reluctantly we boarded our boat the Osprey with Down Under tours. Had we thought this through we would have realised ...

... my wildlife conservation project for two weeks in a place called Ravenshoe. Apparently Erin told me last night its kinda in the **** end of nowhere and there's nothing to do there. It doesn't bother me as I'm not going there as a holiday destination I'm going to work so should be busy enough. Got myself something to eat and then sat in the room and read for a bit then used the hostel internet to upload my pics and this blog. Early night as up at 5.30am.

Today we got up at about 4:30am, which was a bit of a shock to the system, and we pretty much fell over each other and bumped into each other until we left the room.

It was nearly pitch black outside, but we found the car ok and set off for the rock.

Yesterday we'd bought ...