Trinity Links Resort & Apartments Cairns

G'day everyone, today we got up fairly early to help walk the kids to day care before Claire went off to work, so once they were safely dropped off and Claire was off to work we headed back to the house to get ready at a leisurely pace while booking our flights to Melbourne and sorting some other stuff out. After a quick bite to eat we jumped in the Ute and got back on the road and went exploring again. This time we headed back the same way we ...

... zurueck nach cairns gesegelt.
abends durfte ich mir dann ein leckres essen aussuchen (zur abwechslung mal keine nudeln ;)
anschliessend sind wir dann noch weggegangen (ist hier allerdings nicht ganz so toll zum weggehen).
puh, das war ein ganz schoen langer tag.... und ein genialer geurtstag =))
so, ich muss jetzt los, denn gleich muss ich das erste mal bei pizza hut arbeiten.
liebe gruesse & vielen dank fuer die ganzen glueckwuensche!

... outback...as well as the remnants of this bloody Dust storm from Sydney which has been annoying......drank some mango wine (strange concept but if its alcohol I'll drink it at the mo!), saw a few bush fires then decided to speed up to get the hll out of there (Jo was driving at the time so we didnt speed up too much!!)...the Tablelands (as they are called) was a nice change from constant beach sights and was also a tad cooler which was nice as ...

... to pick up supplies with my sister in law and returned to give the kids and boys their reward - Thai Chicken burgers! Yummo.
Headed back to the Centro to get the boys their haircuts - no one wanted me to shave them. Got the traditional Tshirt to mark that we were really here! he he. Headed back to chill at camp whilst catching up with the fam....lovely.

... Cousin Rohan was actually very knowledgable about the area and filled us with facts throughout the day. He showed us a plant in the rainforest that the Aboriginies call gimpy gimpy which means bad bad. In WWII American Soldiers training in the jungle got caught out a few times by this little beaut. If you rub it on the skin it releases tiny hyperdermic syringe type things that penetrate the skin and then release a irritant which causes you to ...

... creatures that inhabit the Reef - although we did have to wear some spectacularly skin tight full body lycra "Stinger suits". After spending about 45 mins under water, we surfaced and had a half an hour rest so that our tanks could be filled etc. We then jumped back in to start our second dive (on the same reef but taking a different route) and again saw so many different types of fish, coral and Nudibranchs. We saw three different types of ...

... up on sleep and restocking basic s for the trip. På svenska: Måndag 2009-03-09 Zombie mosig Efter ha rest i 32 h i sträck anländer  vi till till Cairns i Australien. Vi hä mtar bagaget, hyrbilen och kör (!) till  vandrarhemmet rejält zombie mosiga. Ly ckligtvis för oss (och alla andra på vä gen) är Cairns lätt att hitta i och för utom total förvirring i första rondelle n och förväxling mellan vindrutetorkare  och blinkers tar vi oss till vår desti nation utan missöden. Cairns är vackert ...

... a place for a swim. We took a dip a bit further upstream - it was pretty bracing and an evil looking eel scared me into a quick retreat. The next stop was Josephone Falls - which has a pretty awesome rock slide that we were keen to try, However, due to all the rain the water level was up much higher than usual so we had to give that a miss. Shame, as it looked pretty rad, but probably for the best! After a nice scenic drive and some beautiful waterfalls we had a ...

... over the Outback. It was all red and dry. Really amazing! Again I wish I had pictures, but there was no way as I had the aisle seat.
Once we got through the airport at Cairns, which is just a small building, I found that this place did not feel any different from the US. Though there was a lot of different landscapes. Tall green and lush mountains against a blue cloud studded sky. We were in the rainforest. Driving along the road ...

... beached the Endeavour after holing it on the reef) is the only place in the world where two World Heritage areas meet; Great Barrier Reef and Daintree rainforest. Access is via a chain ferry across the Daintree river; swimming is unwise due to the saltwater crocodiles. Anxious to see one from a safe distance, we took a river cruise on a quiet electric oat. It was low tide and sunny, and we were rewarded with the presence of a ...