Depuis Mission Beach on a rejoint Cairns (avec un bus pas annule et a l'heure...wouah).Cette fois on est tombe sur un super backpackers (Inn the Tropics) et ca fait du bien. On savait pas que Cairns etait au Japon!????!!!! En fait je pense que ca doit faire partie des lieux a voir comme Paris ou Zermatt... Il y a des magasins de souvenirs te...

After lengthily heated discussions and a few strops later, we booked our flights to Cairns on 08.05.07 and flew out on 09.05.07.   Melbourne is a lovely city, it's relatively clean and there are some lovely bars and restaurants but it's too cosmopolitan and cold!!  Personally I want the beach bum experience from Oz.  The original ...

February 5, Peter and picked up my brother Ned and sister-in-law Iris at Sydney International Airport and then all of us together flew off to tropical Cairns. We knew that this would be a fabulous base to explore the Great Barrier Reef as well as see huge diversity that included tropical rainforests and pristine white beaches. Renting a car gave...

Have had a fantastic few days north of Cairns in Port Douglas, a very posh tourist town with beautiful rainforest setting and yachts everywhere - very much a picture postcard. We then headed up further to Cape Tribulation staying at a beach hostel literally in the rainforeset in front of the beach. The scenery is incredible, the only place in th...

Flew into Cairns, after nearly killing Chris for making us nearly (well, nearly nearly) miss the plane up from Brisbane. Apparently he needed to get a new shirt and an ice cream. But we made it ... :) Set up a three day dive trip with Pro-Dive leaving tomorrow. They were so good when Lisa and I went with them last time, that I had to go back! Ho...

I blame power hour! A reluctant Ben was dragged by the ears from a hexagonal pool table to this $6 session to drink all he could from 11 - 12. This marked the first real hiccup of my recent health binge. I don't usually gel with the kind of people who live for these sorts of things. I like to sip at my wine and nibble cheeses of the world and th...

Friday 18th March Explored Cairns, sorted out money issues and booked a couple of day trips. We then went to the lagoon(posh outdoor swimming pool) and played frisbee then swam for a bit. At night we enjoyed a cheap but delicious steak at a Cairns "must do" The Woolshed bar and restuarant, however it was an early night as we were getting up earl...

*waving arms around madly and in singsong voice* I'm a certified diver! La la la la la!! I did an introductory dive a couple of weeks ago and enjoyed it so much that I decided to go through the whole Open Water course to be able to dive without the need of a hand-holder. My guide on this mission was underwater guru, Ray, a moustachioed geezer fr...