Rydges Cairns

... and getting 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 capture what came before my eyes, not possible but the vision left in my head. Checked into Rydges Tradewinds and walked all around Cairns passing their lagoon and eventually booking our trip for tomorrow. We ended in Didgeridoo Hut because of Frank's ...

Out on the water once again, going deeper into the outer Great Barrier Reef. Reef Magic Cruises took us out to the farthest end of Moore Reef where Marine World is stationed. It's a platform in which we snorkeled off, took the semi-submersible tour and ...

... detailed comment for some places) – at times brief.  The writer begs the readers forgiveness in advance ... Arrived in Cairns at 5.30am Monday 4th - the start of the 1st Australian leg (there will be another Australian leg to Sydney later) ...

... , had brekky at the resort restaurant, took a couple things for the road and then hopped on the bus and headed back to Cairns. While driving back we stopped in a little town at a Farmer's Market where I bought awesome fresh baked chocolate chip walnut ...

... kids (Ben was at sea), Belinda's parents and her brother and family. Port Douglas is only an hours drive north of Cairns and is a beautiful little beach village where people travel from all over the country to holiday. The drive up there is sensational, ...

... (for a few thousand air miles) instead of 22 hours by car.  One of Australia's most northeastern coastal settlements, Cairns is the most used gateway to the impressive 1,300-mile long Great Barrier Reef ("GBR"), which actually consists of over ...

... in the morning.  Our short stroll included a trip to the infamous Night Market and saw the outdoor swimming lagoon.  Cairns is quite a touristy place.  I am glad that we did not stay in Cairns proper.  The atmosphere in Port Douglas ...

... looking like a gormless twat......it's so bloody busy and I had no idea where I was going. I just can't shake the idea that Cairns is a shithole.  There is nothing that endears me to it at all.  I just hate the place - it has no character what ...

... . And by relax I mean had a little nap.  It was eventually time to head back onto the boat and go back to Cairns. I found a little spot on the deck upstairs and outside and made a little rest spot. Jackie lay beside me and we listened to Backstreet ...

We had another great day today.  We started the day with a drive south of Cairns to Mungalli Falls and Mamu.  On our way we saw fields and fields of sugar cane, pawpaw trees, banana groves, and trumpet trees (which are like our trumpet ...

... rough day crossing over to the reef, but everyone held their breakfast! Last nigth we have an hour of shopping and we aided the Cairns economy a bit.  Tonight we hope to do a bit more. We are going back to the rainforest this morning and do some ...

Yes, we are after 30 loong hours we made it to Cairns and what a beautiful place it is!  As soon as we collected our luggage and loaded in on our coach we headed to the Rainforest Station. After eating lunch we saw beautiful ...

... to put me up for the night, i thought i was destined for a night in the terminal. Imagine my suprise then when i arrived at Rydges Brisbane and was given a 4* suite to myself. Result. Next morning i compared notes with a Welsh couple who were in the same ...

... we’d take a walk and see what we could find. Just a few blocks from the hotel, we found a table at the Rydges, where the "Christmas Plate" actually included turkey (along with beef and ham) and lots of veggies and stuffing that looked like small ...

Today was a Free Day and in turn became a rest day. Heather was one of two who had an excursion, she had to get up super early to go rafting. So we took our time getting up and then headed down for brekky. We saw Manu at breakfast who was going ...

Each day I ask for a volunteer to tell about our day. Below are their stories. July 12 2010 Sydney S. Today was my first ride on an airplane!  I was nervous at first but as the plane took off I got more comfortable.  The best flight of the trip ...

... next day—our last morning in Brisbane. Saturday 10 November 2007 We rose early for our last breakfast at the Rydges Southbank Parklands Grill buffet. Afterwards we strolled to the nearby Southbank 1 ferry terminal to take the CityCat up the ...