Happy St Patrick's Day to you all from Down Under. Well St Patrick must have been looking down on me today as this was the first day since I arrived in Cairns that the rain has stopped and the sun has come out to play. It was a gorgeous day after two days and nights of constant rain. However, as I am constantly reminded, this is the wet season i...

From Mission Beach I went up to Cairns. Not too long of a bus ride, but i was glad that it would be the last that i would have to take. Cairns, my final stop in my journey north in eastern Australia..and its a craphole. 103 hostels, and even more travel agents. Worse yet, it has no beach...and im here for 2 weeks?! oh yeah, theres a cycloon too....

Hello, From Cairns we took a 3 day/2 night trip to Cape Tribulation and the amazing Daintree National Park staying at the lovely Cape Trib Beach House. Goodness, how time flies before you know it ten days have gone past and you have totally forgotten what you did at Cape Trib! Time to search the memory banks! From Cairns we headed north to Cape ...

Sunday, August 19, 2007 Wakey, wakey, rise and shine! On the bus by 7:20 a.m. It was rainy and cool...what's going on here? I came up to Cairns to get some warmth and rays and it's been such ****** weather! Our first stop was the Mossman Gorge and we did a short rainforest walk to the gorge. Swimming was allowed, but again, too cool and no sun t...

So my trip to Cape Tribulation was a good one. On the first day, I set off early on the Jungle Tours bus to get upto a cool little wildlife sanctuary. When there I got to see a python demo, a bird sanctuary that included the worlds deadliest (Cassowary) bird, crocs, emu's, and feed kangaroos. That's right, I've FINALLY seen a bloody kangaroo!!!!...

Just spent 4 great days in Cape Tribulation, where the world's oldest continuous rainforest (Daintree) falls into the Great Barrier Reef. It was an amazingly beautiful nature experience. I filled my days with expensive activities like diving (in the Great Barrier Reef), horseback riding (on the beach and thru the rainforest), and kayaking (off t...

After a couple of days in cosmopolitan Port Douglas, we headed up to Cape Tribulation for a couple of days and an over night stay in a jungle cabin. Along the way we took in a cruise along the Daintree River and spotted a couple of crocs hiding in the mangroves, trying to keep cool. After settling into our cabin we headed for the beach which was...

We finally made it to the Queensland Coast but unfortunately there were few campsites left and we couldn't get a secluded spot near the beach and ended up in the middle of the grounds which I didn't particularly like. We went for a walk along the beach, apparently not far from crocodile infested estuarines and after dinner went to a nearby pub w...

After our few days chill out in Cairns, the three of us next headed out on a tour north to Cape Tribulation, its one of the few places in the world where tropical rainforest meets the sea ... not just the sea, but the Great Barrier Reef! Picked up by our mini-bus we soon found ourselves driving along the beautiful coastal roads up into the rainf...

Off on a two night trip to Cape Tribulation, north of Cairns. We stay at Ferntree resort, a very swish hotel that has been transformed into a hostel to cater for the backpackers. On arrival we headed down to the beach where we invented a new game "sandnuts" which helps to keep us occupied for a few hours. We sneak our bundy and coke into the pub...