Sebel Harbour Lights Cairns

... br> We then went for an explore of Cairns, finding a nice public lagoon and plenty of bars and restaurants, and got a good $10 meal deal which included steak and a pint! <br> After a good night sleep (although we woke up at 4am!) we are ready to get some breakfast and book our tour to Cape Tribulation and the Great Barrier Reef!

... are spelled different over here).<br><br>I enjoyed a homemade crepe with fresh strawberries and vanilla ice cream wrapped up into a ice cream cone shape .... mmmmmmm delicious!<br><br>I found a few trinkets that called out my name, as a rule I don't collect a lot of stuff in my travels, but these items were bargains for local wares.<br><br>I thoroughly enjoyed this town by night and look forward to getting out for a bit tomorrow during the day.<br><br>-T<br><br> <br>

... to the boat, we convinced the crew to give R some sickness tablets for the way back which promptly knocked her out &#8211; nice peaceful journey back for all!<br><br>That evening, we headed back to the Woolshed for our free dinner and met Sarah there who had finally caught up with us. The girls were pleased with the &#8216;Ladies Night&#8217; entertainers (topless waiters) and imbibed a great deal of cheap bubbly during the &#8220;Fizziotherapy&#8221; hour ...

Spent a leisurely day yesterday, swim before breakfast then into the city for a dander. Stumbled across a great market on the esplanade and the Rotary were having a fun day so Maureen if you get a call to say your Dad has won the first prize in the Duck Race (not literally) then they may stay a while longer (the prize was a cruise and he put your phone ...

... the whole thing. We finally got up to 14,000ft (freakin high!) and the door opened. The first girl and her instructor hurried over, sat down feet dangling, and WOOSH gone! In what seemed like less than a second. Then I hear it's my turn. I'm hurried over by my instructor. I sit on the edge of the plane with my instructor right behind me, cross my arms and in less that a second he's pushed us out and we're falling through the air. It was awesome and freaky but you ...

... camping fee included a free &#8220;sundowner&#8221; beer and glass of wine (served by yet two more Irish barmaids &#8211; what the?) so we partook on the verandah of the roadhouse, chatting to our fellow travellers while the blazing sun set. Nice one!<br><br>Tuesday 23 June &#8211; My Birthday! Daly Waters to Robinsons River Crossing<br><br>Well I won&#8217;t forget this year&#8217;s birthday in a hurry. &#8220;Unique&#8221; it certainly was. We had done a lot of ...

... Woman&#8221; at Cape Tribulation<br>- Revisiting Paronella Park and the beautiful Mossman Gorge<br>- Going on a night time rainforest walk in the Daintree and learning more about the native wildlife<br>- Visiting another native &#8220;bush tucker&#8221; restaurant up in Cairns, Ochre.<br>- Staying at a rainforest retreat<br>- Chilling at Mission Beach<br>- Inflicting my falafels on my travel companions<br>- Decorating ...

... beach. The next day Jackie and I took the cable car high up over the rainforest canopy up to Kuranda (marketed as a village in the Rainforest) but actually an interesting artist and aborigine community. The cable car provided great views of the sea and the top of the rainforest canopy and if we didn't have a plane to catch that afternoon we would have taken the steam train there and the cable car back down but due to time pressures we made ...

... an Aboriginal who built a huge fire for us. He started playing the didgederoo (this huge long tube that sounds like a tuba) and then informed us that the campground was haunted by ghosts. He said the only two rules at the site were no whistling and no spitting into the fire. To this I said, "SWEET! Only two rules!!!" The following day was amazing, trucking around Champagne Pools and Indian Head Cliffs. The views were awesome ...

... we did have the choice before we booked the tour of spending a few hours there or staying the night.Right aligned photo tag: To save some money and partly because we told it wasn't worth it, we decided on a few hours. We were dropped off at the resort where some would stay the night. The resort was on the edge of the rainforest where it met the beach supposedly one of the few places in the world where a rainforest actually leads all the way ...