Hilton Cairns

... of a life time. THANK YOU Uncle David 29th Oct Leave Newcastle 29 Oct-5 Nov New York - Belvedere Hotel 5 Nov-7 Nov Los Angeles - Hilton Beverly Hills 9 Nov-18 Nov Brisbane - Cousins 18 Nov-20 Nov Cairns - Hotel Cairns 20 Nov-24 Nov Coral Princess ...

... a few beans and sausages. No soda or potato bread though unfortunately but we'll let it go! So I've just been exploring Cairns since then. I walked along the Esplanade which was beautiful and into the main area with shops and tour offices. There are ...

4 more weeks in Cairns.  It was the time of my life. I started off really not liking Cairns but getting an apartment, a job and an awesome group of friends really helps that. I decided to take the dish job. My first day was awful. The worst part ...

... the food organized for the trip. I had to run off shortly after that for my other 2 interviews. Interview #2, Rydges Tradewinds Hotel Cairns. The position was listed as Kitchen Steward (aka pushing dishes) but when I got there I was happy to hear ...

... room faced the other way. Not a bad thing as we were on the 11th floor with amazing views of the mountains that surround Cairns and the estuary. We spent our days looking around the shops, rented some bikes and rode along the esplanade on our way to ...

... re economy seats but they wont let us have em'..............a 45min argument followed, we eventually manadged to get a flight that evening to Cairns, we wanted Darwin but hey, and to make matters worse the flight we were on stopped in ruddy Darwin on ...

... uncles farms- one of the lads had taken a liking to Kayleigh and asked us if we both wanted to head back to their room at The Hilton where they were staying however he was off his face drunk and I didn’t want to go back to their hotel - I mean if ...

... to get the car back on monday morning. It's a place called the Belleview, a rather time worn place on the Esplanade in Cairns. There's no aircon, so seeing as it's very humid and over 90 degrees we have to leave the windows open. There's no screens ...

I got up early to watch the sunrise, but it was too cloudy.  Cairns is a nice city with good weather and lots of parks, but not much to do.  Most of what's on offer is trips to different places.  I decided to try and move my scuba trip ...

... "supportive spouse".  Nonetheless, it was a terrific day. When we returned to shore we took a long walk down the boardwalk in Cairns (pronounced cans, as in tin) and had a little bite to eat at a wonderful outdoor cafe on the water.  Needless to ...

... our friends in Sydney, we weren't actually completely inept! The next night we slept in a cattle stataion about 1500km away from Cairns where they were raising lots of baby animals that they had found, like 2 incredibley cute joeys and a little lamb. ...

... change tomorrow once we get on the small plane that takes us to Lizard Island and our liveaboard boat.  I concur re: Cairns being a disappointment. Over the years I'd heard nothing be great things about Cairns, how it was "backpacker heaven" etc.. ...

... to Melbourne in a couple of hours, then the holiday really starts        .........a couple of hours later In Cairns airport, pickup up the kids, the most hilarious haircuts for both of them!!!!!  Now waiting for the plane to ...

... pontoon, there were hundreds of them. There was also a talk giving information on life around the reef. I'm now checked into The Hotel Cairns which is also a beautiful hotel. I have a tv and dvd player in the room so I'm in my element watching movies ...

There were only two things on our hit list for Cairns: Reef and Rainforest. Our first day out, we got the lay of the land and set up a reef trip for the following day. The day after that, we planned on taking the scenic train out to the rainforest ...

... .  Tough decision!!! We finally ventured out of the hotel and decided to go visit the Aboriginal Cultural Center just outside of Cairns.  When we got there, the clerk encouraged us to come back at another time as it would not be very interesting ...

... and we hope to use of new skills in Fiji later on. We finished our long stay in OZ with a 2 day stop at Cairns, with a quick stop at a croc farm where Steve Irwin wannabees did stupid things with 5 meter long crocs.  We also fed kangaroos and saw ...

... with only a surf board, an ironed shirt on a hanger and a DSLR camera, how very odd and boarded our flight to Cairns. No shopping in the airport surprisingly, although I did buy something today, when in a chemist looking for ‘leave in ...

... weird getting a flight. cos it was only 6 hrs it didnt feel as if we were leaving the country and moving to australia. arrived in cairns in the early hours. had a quick sleep then got up to meet tim who came out to see trace for a week or so. spent ...

... Saturday evening and lost a day.  I arrived in Auckland, NZ this morning about 4am local time.  I caught a flight for Cairns, Australia from there and landed here about 9:30am local time Monday, January 19.  I am really tired from the 17 ...