Waters Edge Apartments Cairns

... day when I returned from Port Douglas, I went to the tiny town of Kuranda, 45 minutes away from Cairns in the Atherton Tablelands, a mountainous region. The town is a market town, with a few good walks nearby, but little else. The most interesting item I found were wallets made from cane toads; if they weren&#8217;t so expensive, they would have made great gifts!<br>

... sandwich, so Mark and Claire helped them finish theirs as well, which is a perk of having kids I guess. After lunch we sat in the park and watched the world go by, while Mark went and got the car. From here we headed up into the jungle to sit and watch some crazy people do some bungy jumps, we are saving our money to do our extreme stuff in New Zealand. It was a great place to sit and have a few beers listening to ...

Went to the van rental place and got our van reserved. Just have to find another travel mate. Bussed up to the botanical gardens and had a good look around there. Really nice flowers and plants. Did a hike up the red arrow trail and got a nice view of the city and sorrounding area. Trekked through the rainforest boardwalk on the way back ...

... the drinks service in the apartment after we got back last night. Rosie was serving behind the bar and Dennis was promised a topless service. Well what a disappointment for Dennis when Eddie came round the corner with no top on to deliver his drink. Lots of laughs here as you can probably tell. We were hoping to upload some photos today by the way but unfortunately they don't give us access here to the connections but ...

... is probably the tamest underwater activity possible! Anyway, we got a refund and scored free wetsuit hire as compensation for being stuffed around. The water is not freezing but the wetsuits offer good protection from the sun (esp for Jeff) and makes it more comfortable to stay in the water for longer. Actually getting into the wetsuit was a huge amount of fun too! And I so loved walked around in it in front of ...

... So I focused on goal # 1.<br>2 days with theorical learning and practice in a pool and 3 days diving on a boat. I probably spent as much as my last month in Laos/Vietnam but I thought it was good to learn from competent people and learning to dive on the Great Bareer is a once in a life opportunity.<br><br>Diving is quite different from my favorite sport.. skydiving.<br>It's all about controlling your breath which determines your position in ...

... didn&#8217;t come to that as we found the missed gate, sauntered on through it, Karen got back on track and within half an hour we were sitting on the deck at Adels Grove drinking a cool refreshing beverage. <br><br>Adel&#8217;s Grove is named after a French botanist who had once upon a time (from the 30s) over 1000 species of plants here amongst the permanent creeks and river beds of this oasis in the desert. It all got burned down 20 or so years later (from an ...

... success. He stayed underwater with the others and experienced the feeling of suppressing gravity. I dived twice, with a bit too lively buddy. First dive took only 30mins as my buddy used up all oxygen too early, but at least he had a camera and some of the picturesque moments turned eternal. For second dive we were assigned one more diver with whom we slightly exceeded the dive time limit. What a pity there is a depth restriction, otherwise it would have ...

... is something I have needed. I talked with Maggie, my hostess, about possible adventures and decided on an overnight adventure to the Reef. I'm not looking forward to getting up early tomorrow, but I am excited about seeing this amazing sight. I'll be there for two days, should be wonderful. I hope to have some remarkable memories to add to the list. Exactly how my time here in Cairns will unfold, I ...

... was spent booking a large chunk of the trip down the east coast. From talking to people we learned that if you booked a few things in one that you would save quite a bit of money and so armed with that set off for a recommended travel agent and emptied our wallets. On the plus side we did save a few hundred dollars at least and peace of mind now that we knew what we were doing and that there was places on them for us as many tours were booking out. Also ...