Love Australia - Hate their windshield wipers!!
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Cairns,
Australia
Saturday, November 11, 2006
So we got into Cairns Australia (the town where everybody leaves for the Great Barrier Reef) a couple of nights ago and have spent the last two days driving around and checking things out. Driving on the left hand side of the road isn't too difficult to manage. Driving a car from the wrong side is darn near impossible to get right. Not only do you have to shift with your left hand (we got stuck with a manual) but all the controls are turned around backwards! So...australian drivers have had to learn that when I turn my windhsield wipers on, I am preparing to turn!
Other than that Austtralia is pretty amazing. Its not as dramatic a difference as traveling to South America but it is a lot earier traveling. We've seen a few wallabies (little kangaroos) some interesting birds, went swimming in Mossman Gorge (amazingly clear water) and won a little money at the Cairns Casino.
The big stuff starts tomorrow when we take off for Heron Island out on the reef. We decided to splurge and take a chopper over so that we could get a birds eye view of things before diving under water.
Anyways, off to dinner!! We'll add more when we get back from the island.
Cheers!
C & J
