Rainforest Grove Holiday Resort Cairns

... itself. Cape Tribulation is supposedly the oldest rainforest in the world which is pretty cool if its true, the beach there was awesome and wiht only 5 people on it including me and 2 other guys on the tour ! After doing a jungle trek we got back on the bus to head back to Cairns, i fell asleep on the way back and woke up at the hostel. Result !
I got in and had some food at the bar and then went and showered before going out to ...

... He ended up being the guide in my raft! There were three rafts all together with about 4-5 in a raft.  It was the most fun I have had so far on the whole trip! It was hard work all the paddling and my arms are rather sore today but it was well worth it! The rapids weren't super tough but still strong enough that it got my heart racing doing down.  I am proud to say that I did not fall ...

... finally got to Sydney at 11pm.... loooong day!

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!

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.....

... lovely--lots of green areas and no buildings obstructing the water view.

Tomorrow we go for a rain forest adventure near Daintree Forest and Cape Tribulation, so this will probably be the last post until I get home and can put up the pictures. We depart for the US on Sunday.

We have been blessed by good health, good luck, no mishaps, great adventures, and have thoroughly enjoyed the good natured Aussies.

... semi-submersible which went to a deeper part of the reef where the fishes were different to those I had seen earlier, we also spotted a green turtle.

After another brief snorkel we set off back to Cairns, home made cake and tea/coffee being served on the way. This was a good trip as there were only about 50 passengers making it smaller and more personal than some of the other bigger (and cheaper) cruises which cater for over 300 people at a time.

After the ...

... 8216;Gimpie Gimpie’ tree, which translates precisely as ‘Bad bad tree’. This name is all too fitting for the stem and leaves of the tree are covered in spurs and once they touch your skin they create an overwhelming itchy sensation. One naturally begins to itch the affected spot thus spreading the spurs and inducing a horrible, recurring burn. To cool the burning, one would then place the infected body part into cool water, which of course ...

... drop 15 metres to the ground. We also stopped by Lake Tinaroo. It is interesting that we were so high up on the tableland but there was this enormous lake, one of a series close by. The return trip to Cairns consisted of a long winding road back down - it must have been about 20 kms of winding road and the views were beautiful. 

That trip is one I would definitely recommend to anyone coming up here but you probably need more than one day to do it justice. 
Cairns, Queensland, Australia steveandsally

... s past now house a variety of upmarket restaurants, cafes and bars. It is still laid back, but with a style and sophistication that sets it apart from other Cairns Highlands.'

Back down the hill and this time I was booked to return via the SkyRail. The first leg I did on my own, a bit scary but great views of course. Then I joined another couple after ...

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... completely hidden by, rainforest foliage. If this was in any other state of Australia south of the tropics I reckon these houses would be lucky to survive five years before a bushfire came through and burned everything to the ground, but the high rainfall and humidity obviously makes that much less of a risk up here.



Slightly uncertain as to where I could find a track, I walked back down to level ground to approach the hill from a ...