Cairns Motels - Reviews and Rates

As soon as i got back from Noosa it was pretty much pack backpack, grab a few hours sleep and jump on a plane. On my bus to the airport i met this other backpacker, Finnish i think, called Matty. Turns out he was on the same flight as me, AND staying in the same hostel which was random. Havn't really seen much of him since but was nice to arriv...

So I arrived in Cairns at about 11pm Queensland time, having had the usual uneventful flight. I stepped off the plane to a wall of humidity! It was literally like a wall. Cairns is in its wet season, and the weather is like the tropics, hot and humid, making it almost unbearable in the day, with random storms thrown in! I got a free pick up from...

After spending so much time on a bus it was nice to get somewhere where we could relax for a few days. Cairns is basically just restuarants, tour shops & internet cafes. There was a lovely lagoon which had a little beach & plenty of grass to laze around on so that's pretty much what we did. The kitchen in our hostel was disgusting so we ...

After the long drive to the east coast everything seems remarkably close together now so we made the trip from Townsville to Cairns in day. This part of the east coast is beautiful the hills are covered in rainforests and plains are full of banana and sugar cane plantations - the colours are so vibrant compared to the bush. Cairns has changed fo...

If anyone has never tried Scuba diving in somewhere like the Great Barrier Reef, or anywhere with warm water for that matter, you're missing out. Whilst you may be able to see quite a bit snorkelling, the felling of being weightless, as well as gliding over coral, around sharks, rays and fish, is quite incredible. Couple this with water that is ...

The dive boat life is sweet. I just got back on land last night, and I am swaying all over, trying to compensate for the movement of gravity that is just not happening. I spent three days on the Kangaroo Explorer, two hours off the coast at the Milln reef. There are about twelve on the boat crew, and twelve of us were divers and snorkellers. We ...

Once back in Cairns we booked back in to Gilligans for 3 nights. We met up with the two irish girls again, Aoifa & Louise, and Chris & Dave who were also old room mates, we had some good nights out. I was even convinced to take part in a dance competition in the bar in PJ O'Briens! We sun bathed down the lagoon in the day time which made a nice ...

Today was our last "free" day before we head to Perth and actually have to think about starting to teach. It was a drizzly morning, so we decided to take a walk and maybe hang out on the beach at low tide (about 1:30pm). So we did a 9km loop from the beach house to Mason's store and swimming hole along the road and then back along the beach. We ...

In the morning it was time to say goodbye to David and the staff at Tropic Days. We went to the train station for our first Australian train ride to Arlie Beach and the Whitsunday Coast. It was a 12 hour trip that was quite relaxing. The train cars were much nicer than those in the US. On the ride I had my first aboriginal experience. An aborigi...

Just to let you know that we arrived in Cairns this morning, im absolutely shattered but have managed to look round the town. Massive culture shock from SE asia, I feel so relaxed, like a holiday!! Heading for the beach tomorrow then going to make plans to go to Port Douglas. After that Mum and I are going to split for a while travelling down th...