Outrigger On The Inlet Port Douglas

... sports on the sand. As we walked towards the area of the beach monitored by a lifeguard, we happened to notice a sign that said no swimming was allowed due to crocodile sighting! And that's when I realized there was absolutely no one in the water! I was immediately disappointed! Unsure of what to do next, we decided to keep walking along the beach. As our feet touched the ocean water, we found it to be warm and soothing - which ...

... br><br><br>< br><br><br>Oh well - It was fun trying :O) I wonder if McD did any better ?? <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br ><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><b r><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br>

... Out to Port Douglas in the evening. The place has changed massively from 20 years ago when it was a sleepy little village. Now wall to wall swanky hotels and backpacker places. Had fish and chips in the Iron Man pub, where they do cane toad racing. I quite fancied watching it, but not for A$5 a pop.<br><br>Sunday 26 July &#8211; Great Barrier Reef<br><br>After a hideous night&#8217;s sleep and torrential rain thundering on top of the campervan for hours, we ...

... sich vor mir auf dem Weg ein Haeufchen abzulegen und dann wieder zu verschwinden. Den rest des Tages verbrachten wir mit dem Erkunden der vielen Straende rund um Cape Tribulation. Bei Cape Tribulation gibts die schoensten Sandstraende der Welt. <br>Abends dann entschloss ich mich voller Mut eine Nachtwanderung durch den Dschungel mitzumachen. Wobei sich hier die Busfahrt zum Wandertrack als mehr toedlicher erwiess als die Wanderung durchs Reich der Spinnen und Schlangen ...

... though as I was still half asleep! We stopped for breakfast luckily and I revived myself with some oaty-crunch type cereal and orange juice and felt much better for it! After breakfast we went on a cruise on the Daintree River and saw some saltwater crocs having a sunbathe! After the cruise we drove on for a bit more then stpped off for a boardwalk through a section of the rainforest.Our bus driver told us about various plants which was interesting. After a short drive ...

... Gorge to Cairns. It's a thrilling ride. The train in its "steam" days would have taken 4.5 hours (the cable system took about 40 mins) but there are new electric locomotives pulling the refurbished old carriages. It creeks along slowly on the 1 hr 45 minute journey. There is a nice spanish fella having all sorts of problems with his camera next to me - thankfully I got a window seat. The train chugs along at the pace of an old granny ...

... in the event of an accident, grounding, or other incident. We were informed that provided the captain was following the pilot's navigational advice, or if the pilot had failed to inform the captain of the correct course / action then it was the pilots fault. However if the captain ignored the pilots advice then he was at fault. But at all times the captain remains responsible for the ship. Our pilot's going to be on board for the whole 3 days were in this ...

... called that for his very soft and rather larger curly blonde hair.(there is more, all in good time!) Our spirits were quickly dashed as we were heading into what seemed to be a storm, well at first, it looked gorgeous, really interesting, then it just went grey! Neeldess to say we thought it was gonna be a repeat performance, none the less we went on, had to get into our full lycra suits again, (we can't work out which ones are sexier!! ;-) ) Whilst we were all ...

... Cairns is the 5th busiest airport in Australia. It used to be a sleepy town, but since Australia, and the Barrier Reef have now become such a popular tourist destination, Cairns population grow from 20,000 to 120,000 in last 20 years. We continue up the coast crossing the Barren River (Australia's largest river) which is heavily populated by crocodiles. Harry , is a farmer and a high school biology teacher. He drives tour busses ...

... rocking its crazy. After two drinks we risk going back to the camper and going to sleep. Saturday 29th We manage to sleep till 6.40 then we have a lovely breakfast over looking the sea and then have a wash in the public toilets. After we head over to the Marina to park as we are jumping on a dive boat to go diving near the Anderton Reef which is way up the north of the Great Barrier Reef. The dive boat is massive and very luxiourous we must first fill up all the paperwork and then we ...