Heritage Cairns
8 Minnie Street Cairns, Queensland, 4870, Australia
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Cairns-ival
After bidding our lovely family in Melbourne adieu, we boarded the discount airline Jet Airways and crossed the great continent of Australia by air. Once the plane touched down, we were greeted by our first real expense in Australia to date: a short cab fare. After grabbing our bags, I hailed a cab from the side of the Cairns airport entrance. To …
Cairns - Backpackers Paradise
Short 2.5 hour flight from Darwin and quick taxi to hotel found me unpacking at the Heritage Cairns by 11:00AM. Room was ready early and is great value. Only a 10 minute walk to the heart of the action in Cairns ( pronounced "Cans" believe it or not - Aussies rarely pronounce the letter "R" when it's at the end of a word. Melbourne is just "Melboun …
Snorkeling with the sea turtle!
Wednesday morning here in Cairns and it's raining! First time on my trip that the weather as affected my plans. Can't complain. I was going to hop on a so-called "sun bus" for a 45-minute trip north to Palm Cove beach. Opting instead for laundry and endless cups of tea. Should clear by this afternoon, so will likely just walk though town and …
A Night in Cairns
Because our flight to the Whitsunday's is early in the morning, we are overnighting in Cairns. We take a milk run shuttle from Port Douglas to the Heritage Cairns (decent enough room) and then head out for a day in Cairns. We take both our umbrellas and our towels (and use both) down to the Esplanade. The beach here at Cairns is not nice. It is a …
More driving and more crocs!
We decided to head up towards Daintree and take a Croc spotting river cruise. Its an hour and half drive away so a bit more road trip! We see a tree snake, a couple of year old crocs who are very small, a white lipped green tree frog, a kingfisher a 6 year old croc and then 2 large females. So at last we have seen Crocs in the wild.
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