Queens Court Cairns

... that I went on was called OceanQuest, and I highly reccommend it to anyone looking for a boat to dive the GBR on. The food was excellent, crew was friendly, and the diving was wicked. The boat itself was three floors, two sundecks, and a bar on the top floor. Because it had a catamaran hull it was super stable, and the sleeping berths were spot on; super nice, and every two people had their own ensuite. Just wicked. Also, the showers were amazing - never had a ...

... and then we went for a swim and then we swam so far and then we had some more lunch and then we went for 1 more swam and i got bitten by a jelly fish and then we went on the boat got a icecream and it was sooooooooooooooooo good and then we got home and we had snackds and then we wotchet some Tv and went to bed

... for the first two nights but they arranged for me to stay a short way up the road at Lake Placid, this was ok and gave me the opportunity to visit the Barron gorge hydro electric centre and Lake Placid which were both very close. The lake is something of a misnomer as the river just separates into two branches to flow around a large island and hen join up again, so it is not really a lake at all. My second day here was Saturday and Cairns festival was in full swing. I ...

... jerk when the shute was pulled and then we were drifting down gently. I was a little glad when this came, not because the freefall wasn't cool, but my ears didn't adjust to the pressure very well and were hurting a bit. Apparently it happens sometimes. We turned right and left and right and left as we lowered to the drop site below us. I'm glad I have a strong stomach for that sort of thing! Landing I was told to lift my legs and feet as high as I could and put ...

... at the water park. With the early morning starts we started running again along the water front.The other exciting thing about being in the big smoke was what to have for dinner and of course, Indiain was top of the list. Stacy attempted to cook a roast chicken in a convection oven/microwave thing- bloody funny.

... other : ( We held a poor baby croc with its mouth taped shut, which was passed around about a hundred people. There were also really tame kangas and emus wandering around, and we saw a roo in it's mum's pouch. They stay there for about 6months until the mum decides they're ready to come out, even if they want to earlier. A friendly parrot came and sat on my shoulder, and loved having his head ...

... get there, which did not compare in any way to the beauty of Patagonia. My mind was excited to see the Reef, but I did not know what to expect. From the boat, it just looks like water. This is why I don't have any good pictures. With my snorkel gear on, I jumped into this deceiving boring ocean. My eyes didn't see much at first, just some lovely blue water. I swam and swam ahead in the direction that I was hoping was the Reef. That swim was a ...

... good band. The place filled up a fair amount (even when seemingly empty, there could still be hundreds of people at this gargantuan bar), but Courtney decided to call it quits early this night, so we sent her home in a cab. Andy and I stayed out a while but also headed home probably around 2 or 3 after stopping by a place called the Woolshed, which had a cover, so we decided against going in, since we had to get up at a reasonable hour the next day.

... walking down by the sea and end up going for dinner down by the Esplanade, it was only ok for the price they charged. After another stroll around to get our bearings we head back to the hotel as were wrecked. Tuesday 25th Were up early to use the hotels washing machines to wash Asia's river water out of our clothes. Then my cousin Sinead calls she's in Sydney and is wondering where the sun is. We check out of the hotel and go to ANZ Bank to open a bank account ...

When we first decided to go to Australia, one of our priorities was to dive the Great Barrier Reef. I mean, how can you not? So the first thing we had to do was learn to dive, since we didn't want to waste valuable holiday days in a classroom. I am aware of places that will take you diving on the stength of half an hour's instruction and if you think that's a good idea, then it's probably ample for you. Our PADI course was run by a firm based in ...