Carins

... around the world, starting in Tokyo, then flying over to Beijing and down to Shanghai via Xi'an. Then down to Singapore, Sydney up to Carins, then to New Zealand and Fiji and finally Western USA before returning home..... Hope you enjoy it! Fiona x

Our next stop is something i have been looking forward to for my entire life. Carins (pronounced Cans) home of the Great Barrier Reef!! World heritage listed, the only living thing you can see from space, the Great Barrier Reef! Before the reef, Melissa ...

... and do all my washing. Then tuesday, I bid her an emotional goodbye and wondered if I would ever see her again. I flew to Carins in a reflective mood, looking out over the rainforest expanse of Queensland as the sun set in my window. I was greeted in ...

Ben and Lee (one of our house mates) went to play golf the other day so here's a few pics. I won't tell you how many shots it took them lets just saw they were there quite a while!! Lee got attacked by a bird - one with wings that is and Ben managed ...

The next day we awoke to yet again pouring rain. Sadly, another grey and miserable day. Jo booked a ride on the steam train for us up to the tourist town of Kuranda and then the skyrail coming back. The ride up was no fun (Although Kellen loved it, of ...

Wow weeeeeeeeee people! Listening to game 1 Canucks vs Stars and it's soooo good to hear Jim Shorthouse!! GO CANUCKS GO! OH YEAH OHLUND JUST SCORED!!!!! YEAH!!! We got dirty looks for cheering in the Internet cafe we are currently in! Okay, sorry ...

Howdy everyone back in rainy England..hheheheh!! First of all we will try and not complain too much about the hot weather....but it is hot...lol!! Hope its not raining too much in England, although im sure it is. We arrived in Cairns on 15th Dec ...

Ok, so I know that I'm really far behind on my travels, but so much went on during the Contki trip, so here is one big summary for you... I'll try and post some pictures at a later date, so you may want to check back later when those are up. Contiki was ...

Jet Star has taken us from Adelaide to Cairns in 3 hrs this morning. Not much too see from outside, but dessert! Arrived to a partially cloudy day with a temp of 30,very humid. The surrounding coast line is very hilly with lots of tropical forest running ...

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Heute haben wir einen wundervollen Tag am Barriere Riff verbracht. Um 09:00 gings per Boot ca. 60 km raus aufs Meer, nach ca 1,5 Stunden haben wir die Plattform am Riff erreicht. Eva wurde leider etwas Seekrank, darum gings ihr nicht so gut. Dort ...

We arrived early afternoon at our new hostel. Gilligans. This was more of a hotel with an 18-35 "lads-on-tour" theme than a hostel. But that wasn't a bad thing, we loved it. Our dorm was full of friendly and crazy people. Nothing like some of the really ...

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