Mango Lagoon (1 Bdrm Spa) Palm Cove

... black and white with a lounger and cubes on the verandah overlooking a tropical swimming pool and spa tub - smashing. Excellent fans and a c - opposite the safest part of the beach and right in amongst all the action - shops, bars restaurants etc. Just what we needed after all that peace and quiet! Lovely promenade to walk after a pleasant dinner - deciding what to do tomorrow(?)

... her blanked - wot genius we are! The couple adjacent to use were rather impressed and said they had never seen anything like that before!! The toilets and showers on the site were spotless and apart from there being no hot water it was near to perfect as you could get. The air was clean and it was very peaceful, After 12 hours sleep we were on the road again, we went to Josephine falls (where you could swim ...

... circuit, where each waterfall seemed bigger than the last. (Photos to follow...) This section was unfortunately accompanied by the rain, which I again succeeded in bringing with me all the way to Cairns.

Finally, I drove to Etty Bay, where I had been told by the tourist info office, there was a family of cassowaries. I didn't see them today, but still had a ...

... beobachteten all**lei Me**esbewohn** und als wir kurz vor dem auftauchen waren, entdeckte ich noch eine Schildkroete, die sich g**ade auf dem Me**esboden einen Snack goennte. Neugi**ig wie ich bin schwamm ich natu**lich sofort an sie h**an um sie naeh** zu beobachten. als ich sie schon fast b**uehren konnte, drehte sie ihren Kopf zu mir hinueb** und schaute mich mit einem "Oh Mann was bist du fu**n Anfaeng**"-Blick an. Man muss dazu sagen, dass es ziemlich ...

... a huge ugly fish that had to be 5 or 6 ft long, I later found out was a giant groper. Anyways, I was looking down a little cautiously not knowing if I was in any danger and it quickly jumped and grabbed a nearby fish at the same time that a guide snook up on me to tell me lunch was getting started. So that gave me a good startle and I later found out that the groper can be very dangerous if it feels threatened. I finish on another post as this is getting a little long.

... heure de décalage ) mais j'ai complètement oublié celle de mon réveil qui a donc sonné à 5H30 au lieu de 6H30 ! Je devrais pourtant être habituée depuis que je voyage.....enfin Evidemment je m'en suis rendu compte une fois bien réveillée après ma douche du coup pas question de se rendormir !.. bon ce sont des « détaux aux pluriaux » Le tour de snorkeling était magnifique ! C'est fou de voir tous ces coraux à perte de vue !Cela fait plus de 2300 Km alors vous imaginez ...

In retrospect, it should have occurred to me that a trip including the Great Barrier Reef would at some point require a person to be submerged. Despite the best efforts of the giant catamaran crew to encourage me to snorkel or scuba dive and their insistance that it would not take long to teach me to do either, I had to ask if it left them time enough to teach me to swim. Well, let's just chalk this day up for ...

... still overcast. Daniel was biting at the bit to go fishing again off the jetty so after breakfast Stephen, Daniel and Ryan headed off. I was talking to a couple from north England who had just travelled around Australia and were heading home in a few weeks. After paying for another nights camping fees I joined the fisherman on the pier. Just after I arrived they got a 'big' fish on and I ...

... although we cut the train connection a little fine. As for the train journey, it was even more boring than last time, mainly because I had not reading material and partly because there was nothing decent on TV. It eventually ended and with it, the 4 hours pestering I had to endure with Ryan sat next to me. After a quick shuffle round of all the ***** that Dad and Jo have brought totalling almost 55kg we got the 'express' train to the airport ...