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Published: July 16th 2006
Hi All
As you may be able to tell from the title, I’ve had the most fantastic week!
After last Sunday’s debacle, I got up early went to the hostel gym and had a good run! Then, I checked out into another hostel called Gheckos, and got a single room for the price of a dorm! I then went into Cairns central and went to a really travel agents, called Happy Tours, and booked my Whitsundays and Fraser Island stuff. The guy was really helpful and spent ages helping me choose things that I really wanted to do!
That night, I met Martine, who I’d met in Brisbane and we went for a few drinks in Cairns. Was really tired but it seemed quite nice. Not too sure about the Woolshed though!
Tuesday I did my trip to Port Douglas, Mossman Gorge and Cape Tribulation. It was sooo good! In Port Douglas we stopped off at a wildlife place, where there were loads of birds, kangaroos and crocodiles. I got my photo taken with a roo which was really amusing, it was huge!! There was also this snake that took a real liking to one of the
girls and wrapped itself around her! She took it very well. On the way, we stopped at a lookout point, where we saw wild dolphins playing in the water. I’ve never seen them before and got really excited!
We next went to Mossman Gorge, which used to be a place for the Aboriginals before they got turfed out. Even though it was bucketing it down with rain it was so beautiful! A few of the guys went into the water which was freezing! Our guide was really good as well and really informative!
After, we went for lunch. I starting eating third and finished last, good girl Yates! We then went on a boat tour of the Daintree River and we saw wild crocodiles, snakes and some kingfishers. It was really good. The last place we went to was Cape Tribulation beach. We only had 40 mins there which would have been a real shame if it had been sunny. However, it was still raining so it didn’t matter too much!
The next day I got up really early and got the Greyhound bus down to Mission Beach. I stayed at the Backpackers Lodge there and the
A Cockroach In My Room
Eugh!! It ran out of my dirty pants bag!people were so nice. It was raining quite heavily though and I got soaked when I went for a run on the beach. So I took some arty farty photos and then sat and at the hostel for practically all day!
Oops, I have to go as meeting some friends for tea! I’m doing the Whitsundays tomorrow until Wendesday so wont have signal! My email wouldn’t work today either. I’ll finish this when I come back. But if you have a look at the entries as far back as here http://www.travelblog.org/Australasia/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-60767.html I’ve put more photos on!
Take care
Love Julie
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ptemiz
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It had to come good
Sounds like you're now into the travelling alone rhythm and it's paying off. Keep going, it can only get better. P