Palm Cove Beach Sarayi Hotel

... draußen herumgehen.<br>Leider kann ich noch nicht mit einem atemberaubenden Bericht über Riffe, Fische, Vögel, Leute, Bars und Strände dienen, der euch vor Neid erblassen lässt. Der kommt erst ein bissl später. :) Böse Zungen werden jetzt behaupten, dass mein gripaler Infekt die gerechte Strafe vorab dafür war. Damit kann ich nicht übereinstimmen *gg*<br><br>Bis bald!<br>Alles Liebe Verena<br>

... of the dangers at the entrance to the walk...We left them to it ...The rain now heavy it was time to leave ... <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br >The rest of the journey was pretty uneventful ...Jill and I took turns ... We drove past Cairns but turned off for a comfort break at a beach further north ... A long beach with many classy looking small hotels and ...

... was impossible to walk in the boat. Pretty much crawling to get around. That made me feel even sicker that I couldn't wait to get off. Not sure how people can be at sea for ages in that weather. <br><br>Got back to the room, and felt so ill. I had to go for a nap. We had a pub crawl that night, which is why I wanted to feel better. Twenty bucks for diner, entry to 4 clubs, and a free drink at each one. First stop was Gilligans, a backpackers bar. There they were having a ...

Today went to some of the markets in Cairns. They were okay - bought myself a bag. Then we went to the pools on the esplenade and just enjoyed relaxing along with all the other tourists sunbaking on the grass... we didn't sunbake (although I did get a little pink!) while the kids played in the imported white beach sand and swam in the pool. Tonight the peole put on an amazing free meal for anyone who wanted to go. Glad we did although the boys were tired by the time they got to bed.<br>

<br> SD - Leaving Alice Springs in the evening, there was only one other passenger with us on a large coach and within a couple of hours we were the only ones on the coach. Our bus driver was friendly and became a bit of a tour guide, bless him! It was still difficult to get much sleep, even with a quiet coach, because of the ungodly hours of the night the driver had to stop to take breaks. The drive was eerie being the only ones on the coach in the middle of the deserted outback ...

... and of course Nimbin Best Hostel: Northern Greenhouse, Cairns Best Hospitality: Greg's house Best inernet access: Cairns Best Sight: Natural - GREAT Barrier Reef Man Made - Opera house and Harbour Bridge at Darling Harbour Most Walking: Brisbane Hottest Walk: Bushwalk in Cairns to the lookout over the Airport Best Beach: Lake McKenzie - Fraser Island Best Beach outside the top 10: Lennox Head Worst Beach ...

... and prayed donkey would follow tail to tail with the horse in front and ignore me. our trail guides realising this situation shouted to watch out for the hanging snake skin by the trees we were passing. i soon opened my bloody eyes and broke into a cold sweat. luckily there was no snake in the skin though it did brush my shoulder. spurred on by my bravery in the blue mountains when we were confronted by a real life moving snake i kept my eys open and despite a growing ...

... and chocolate - my idea of heaven, and then went on to do the waterfall tour, which basically meant driving in a big loop visiting several waterfalls and going swimming in them and sliding down the slippery rocks - this time we did manage to actually change into out swimming stuff first!!! <br><br>It was a great weekend. Catching up with Cameron was one of my 'must do's for my Australian trip. I hope its not going to be another 10 years before we catch up again!

... weather was nice enough when we set off, lunch was on deck and champagne was offered up. We then stopped at Nara Inlet for the night, had a walk through some Aboriginal Caves and had dinner. The next day it was raining after raining all night- it coninued to rain for the whole of the trip which was a real pi***r for want of a better word! We couldn't really get out on deck, although I did for a while in a wetsuit, and because everything had to be closed for dryness, below ...

... the Storm in a very close game and was just sod's law that it would happen whilst i was away from Brisbane!! The following day we went for a drive to have a look round the area, went to a place called Kuranda where i went for a look round a museum of poisonous animals, it's safe to say I do not want to get bitten by an Inland Taipan! Mum and Dad got onto the scenic railway which took them past lots of waterfalls and i picked them up in Cairns. Had ...