Discovery Resort Cairns

... drove to our motel to drop off the bags. we were going to go to kuranda, a small village in the rainforest just outside cairns, but the motel receptionist came up with a better way of doing it. firstly we took the cable car from carvonica lakes up to ...

... to bed around 9:30 pm as we had an early morning pickup for our trip to Kuranda which is a village west of  Cairns.  In the morning the bus driver dropped us at the Freshwater Railway Station where we boarded a train (now called the Kuranda ...

... helicopters to minimize the impact on the rainforest.  At several points in the journey the gondola would stop at discovery centres where you could walk through the rainforest on elevated walkways.  Excellent guides took us through the dense ...

Today we were transferred from Port Douglas up to cairns again back to the Discovery resort. We arrived back about midday and decided we needed a chill out day as we had nothing booked. we chilled by the pool and sunbathed, can you believe its so hot to ...

... , having read some bad reports on the internet.  It was very good for budget accommodation and I would recommend it, The Discovery Resort in Lake Street.  I explored the harbour and waterfront in Cairns the evening I arrived and felt quite safe, ...

I had run out of time to find a new ride up to Cairns mostly because Vicki (hereafter referred to as Bitch Lying Whore (BLW)), the only non busted babe from the BBB cruise, reneged on giving me a ride from Airlie Beach. She SMSes me about 5 minutes ...

... is fall asleep! He didn't seem too tired at first and thought all was ok, how wrong we were! We had a wonder into Cairns, found a café with wireless internet. Whilst we were there having a drink, there were two occasions where it became apparent of the ...

... camera and some cheap towels. So that done we spent a few hours in the sun by the pool and then another wander around Cairns.  Befriended a Dutch guy in the bar, Pim, who was good to share a couple of cold jugs of beer with.  Then back to ...

... have this explained- they are kangaroos?? Monday morning we got up early and set off to the atherton tablelands just outside of cairns. chris drove, and after driving about 25kms up the side of a mountain on narrow twisty roads, wished she hadn't. ...

So this morning we woke up with a slight hangover :S travelled all day again to Cairns, arrived and have just been out for tea in this COOL havana club, carribean style. Gorgeous food, but shattered so we are going to bed early ready for tomorow then we ...

... - scientists have only looked at a fraction of the plants, but over 10% of them are estimated to be useful for drug discovery in some way. Only recently an anti-cancer tree was found that the aboriginals have been using for thousands of years. The ...

... time it was raining and you couldn't go in the water because of all the jellyfish. We continued on to Canopy Tower at the Daintree Discovery Centre for lots of information and a climb up above the forest. About 4:30pm we still hadn't seen a cassowary (an ...

... that my beloved Pure Blonde larger (low carb) was $7 dollars a bottle - Jo realising my growing nervousness at our boardwalk rainforest discovery walk explained that it was ok as only 1.75 people were killed by snakes in any given year in australia. i ...

... the nearby reef and came to think of it as the point at which all his troubles began). Port Douglas is a fairly exclusive resort town an hour north of Cairns which we were tempted to just stay put in (it reminded us of Richmond in the summer) but we were ...

... Captain Cook who hit a reef  here in 1770 and who had to stop to make repairs before continuing on his voyage of discovery.  Retracing my steps from the day before I sped past Port Douglas and Mossman another 20 kms until I reached Daintree, ...

... on that later . . .                 We get to Cairns Colonial Resort Club after 6pm – it looks nice, but it’s no Daydream Island. I room again with John the Aussie and ...

... Rach the chance to win! 25th February 2005 Bunbury and Busselton Early start as we headed down to the Bunbury Dophin Discovery Centre. We basically sun bathed on the beautiful white sands (although Garry didn't need much as his forehead was already ...

Finally…. Here we are in a place where we can drop our bags. Our hotel is great… right by the water and about a 10 min walk to the main shops and stores. After getting settled… washing 36 hour old undies, and showering we hit the ...

Almost the end of the holiday and the blog... I have been letting John write it most of the time as he touch types! I think those that know us well will work out which bits were written by who!!!!!! Today was a bit of a nothing day, we were both very ...

... on the actual ground of the rainforest, which might have been even cooler than being atop the canopy.  After visiting the Discovery Center, we made our way all the way north to Cape Tribulation.  We weren't exactly sure where the beach was, ...