Queens Court Cairns

... still got a cup of tea and cake even thou we were only in the air for an hour, not a bad service. <br>When we arrived in Cairns it was slightly overcast but you could feel the humidity. We caught a bus to our hostel, which we felt was in the middle of no where, but it&#8217;s actually not. It is however something that Bob Marley would have put together, bright colours, hippy looking, loads of palm trees and chilled out. It even has a swimming pool, if you can call it that. <br>We went for a ...

... finally got to Sydney at 11pm.... loooong day!<br><br>3 days/ nights in Sydney with some of the full moon party gang.... then 3 days in Hong Kong with my bro, Tony..... then home!<br><br>Cairns was cool, was a bit boring without money.... nice place, great nightlife (although felt v old again though - way too many 20yr olds on their working visas!)..... the road trip was really cool, it was nice to get off-the-beaten track a bit in a camper van... great fun..... <br><br><br>

... way and lots of different colours. I had rented an underwater camera and took a few pictures too. It was difficult, a lot of things to think about at the same time, breathing, debth, follow the others and taking pictures. But there was a few good shots, you see them here. <br><br>Well, thats it for now. I am in Sydney, I spend the last night here and tomorrow afternoon (approx. when you go to work) I will board the flight back home.

... items was grilled 'roo (yes, as in Kangaroo). I thought it was great! According to all the Australians on the boat, kangaroo is the leanest of all red meats, so if you ever get the chance to sample some 'roo, definitely "give it a go!"<br><br>On one night we had a really rough crossing, in fact a few times it felt as though the boat got airborne. As we were all encouraged to do, I took some seasick tablets with dinner, in spite of the fact that I've ...

... thursday we headed out on the 'Waterfall Tour' of the Atherton Tablelands. We left at 7:30am and didn't get back until 7pm. We saw loads of cool stuff on this; rainforests, Babinda Boulders, Lake Eachem, fresh water lakes, fresh water turtles. We also visited the Milaa Milaa falls which is where pretty much every shampoo in the history of man has been filmed and also where the music video for Petre Andre's 'Mysterious Girl' was filmed. Unfortunately I do no have a penis ...

... Surfer Dudes. Had a wicked buffet and then sat by the fire all evening - guitar playing was done by Youngy our driver. Then went to bed.<br>11th June - Then we left Arrawarra passed the BIG BANANA (random banana statue) and arrived at Shoal Bay. OOOOh they had "spas" which we call Hot Tubs. Went in the 38C one which was soooooo nice because it was cold outside. For dinner we were all cooking our own steaks on the BBQ which was cool. I cooked my VERY FIRST ...

... 1 tiny town the buildings summed the place up. Not quite in this order but almost we passed a nursery, a school, a pub advertising poker machines inside, the factory (which was the huge fields outside the town with all the cattle and sugar cane) the retirement home and the cemetary. You pretty much have it all laid out for you from the moment you're born if you're born up here. The next 5 days will go down as some of the best days I've ever had. Ever ...

... from nice kind of late-summer English weather in Melbourne to 34 degrees and very humid again! But we have adjusted now and are feeling a lot more comfortable. On Wednesday our friend Micha and her travel buddy Emma arrived early in the morning from Singapore so we spent the morning relaxing with them and then in the afternoon we went to the Lagoon and went swimming. It was really funny going to the supermarket with them because they went as ...

... på att nyttja den förhållandevis svala stunden på morgonen. Det är hett i den tropiska värmen (runt 35 grader C) och det känns som om någon kastat en våt filt över en. Det, och att pelikanerna i hamnen ser extra slöa ut i värmen, inspirerar till att undersöka möjligheterna till dykning ute på Stora barrär-revet. Vi har turen att hitta en operatör som har två platser över. Reven vi ska dyka på ligger i nordlig riktning från Cairns och ...

... there was an American marine who while in port from Iraq smashed the 18 minute mark and set the new time to beat: 12 minutes. Apparently he also was allowed to get up from his seat twice to go to the bathroom where he presumingly emptied his stomach. (The Australians are too often loose about such things.) Despite the obvious cheat he still was crowned champ.<br><br>I placed the order and told them that they were looking at the new record holder. The bartender smiled at my remark ...