11/01/08 Days 1-53 We landed in Brisbane at around 7am, and the Customs search was really strict, they even checked all our shoes for contamination, Bretts trainers even got steralised (surprise). Two very long hours later we caught a train to the domestic terminal to get the connecting flight to Cairns. We both said how much it felt like we had just landed back in England, the landscape look similar along with the grey sky, although it was warmer than home! During the flight, we flew over the Barrier Reef which looked really so colourful, really amazing! From out of the plane window it was like a scene from the Flying Doctors!!!!! We landed in Cairns at 1pm very very tired after missing a nights sleep and taking advantage of the free wines on our flight.
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