(Jim) Koalas have to be the All-Mammals Champion in the Super-Moronweight Division. They are extraordinarily cute and cuddly and utterly passive. Case in point was our delightful koala, whose name was Jack. Amy asked Ms. Zookeeper, "Are koalas smart?" "Not very. This guy is six years old. His name is Jack. He doesn't know his name is Jack." Quee...

We have arrived her to Cairns which is beautiful! The long flight was fine! All our bags are lost .. never fear THERE is a TARGET here !! We hope to go to the beach today 90... Pictures will be sent once we are reunited with our USB cord.. love Sun seeker

After leaving boiling Alice Springs (and traveling on one of the most efficient flights i have ever been on in my life) i arrived in Cairns only to find it had been raining due to a cyclone that had been traveling up the east coast. I was not a happy bunny! Apparently thy have some sort of wet season up here - rudeness! Anyway i had a ...

A smoother ride back on the boat to the mainland saw the bus journey north just as pleasant with a friendly German girl talk to most of the way until Mission Beach making me almost consider getting off here too. Unfortunately things took a turn for the worst with Pride and Prejudice being the movie of choice on board during which I'm sure I hear...

Cairns Cairns is de meest noordelijke stad aan de oostkust. Het strand van Cairns is een vijtftig meter brede strook modder tussen de kant en het water, onaantrekkelijk voor het oog, onbegaanbaar vanwege krokodillen. De stad zelf ontloopt het strand niet veel in aantrekkelijkheid: oninteressant, ongezellig en lelijk. Om er toch een beetje leven ...

Did you know, that WAAAY back in the late 18th Century Captain James Cook (and his cronies) past by Cairns and didn't settle there because they ACTUALLy believed it was too harsh with dense rainforests, dangerous reefs, creepy crawlies etc etc! Well! I'm sure that had he too gone to Cairns he would've patted himself back for finding what could j...

The past four days have been unreal... As you heard in the previous entry, I was slightly excited about the whole Scuba diving course. So excited in fact, that I forgot the manual I had to read under the desk of the comp I was using. And I didn't realize until 8:15, and when I called them up, they were closed but the lady said she'd drop it off ...

So I was dreading leaving Singapore cos I had about a 24 hour schedule of flights and waiting around in airports ahead of me. Or so I thought. I got to Cairns at about 5:30am, went to the domestic airport and waited for 6 hours for my flight to Brisbane. Or Brissy, as they call it, which for some reason I find kinda creepy. Flight to Brisbane wa...

Let's wrap up our trip of Australia-Part one: It was with great sadness in our hearts and tears in our eyes that we departed the Town of 1770. Okay, that was a bit melodramatic, but we did really love the place, and we were not relishing the 10 hour overnight bus ride we had ahead of us. Despite being cramped in the seats, (more Chris than Lara)...

Loved Cairns, wish we hadn't booked our trip out so early because we missed doing a hot air balloon ride complete with champagne breakkie for only $99 ba. But I think someday I'll make it back downunder and try a few of these things out that I missed on my first pass. Cairns had nice views and was very hot but a cute town and we were at the host...