The Oasis Resort Cairns

So where did we leave you all again - its been to long?! We landed in Cairns bright and early and immediately liked the place, proper backpacking town with loads to do and loads of drinks offers (5 drinks for $10 will do me fine!), all made the better by us picking a great hostel - Calypso's (we owe you a drink EJ!)......we decided to do our planning for the rest of the east coast and booked all the major stuff like Whitsundays and Fraser sowe ...

... and it was getting late - this site was marked as a bush camp on the map so we followed a wee track off the road and set up camp very much in the middle of absolutely nowhere. Delicious eye fillet steak, mash, carrots & beans for dinner, a HUGE moonless black sky filled to bursting with a blanket of stars, planets, satellites and two shooting stars.... and of course the man I love. What more could you want out of life???

Wednesday 24 June – ...

... was Daintree river, famous for the crocodiles living in it. As opposed to a guided cruise we hired a small motor boat and four hours where looking for crocs ourselves. We searched the main stream as well as popped in at several creeks, but no success. Disappointed we grabbed fishing rods and tried our luck with the fish. Michal was the only one knowing what he was doing and indeed he caught a fairy big trevally we planned to have for dinner. Radko with ...

... simply amazing and just floating under water without any noise around you is something that I could have done for a whole week! Veronika and I spent 4 very nice days together. We booked a boat tour on the Great Barrier Reef and had a wonderful day. The weather was good, the sea sometimes a bit rough (but we didn't get seasick) and lots of beautiful things under water to see. Veronika went on an introductory dive (which unfortunately they didn't allow me to do with my blood ...

... hire prices and the cost of a train for me from Brisbane to Sydney, as she wants to stay in Brisbane longer. We are planning to drive down the coast and stop off at various places, then I want to get to Sydney for the 23rd March as my flight to Chile is on the 26th but I want to cram in a night out with a day to recover lol. We haven't put together a route or decided where we want to go yet but she is booking the car hire today so we are all sorted on ...

... headed to Lake Eachlin where Ems talked me in to a twiglight swim. The serene lake was surrounded by woods with lots of locals there for the evening, including the weirdo that eyed Ems up when she went to the car to fetch the camera. We rushed back to the platypus viewing point that the friendly owner of our motel had suggested we visit at sunset. Luckily we caught a fleeting ...