Blogs from Cairns City, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 58

Greetings from Cairns, the best known city on the Queensland coast. A tropical, laid-back yet modern centre where anything is possible including rain, rain and more rain. Myself, Brenda and Lindsay arrived here last Tuesday (May 29th) in an effort to escape the downpours of Mission Beach. We checked into the Cairns Beach House that nite and were suckered into our "free meal" which still managed to cost me $8 for a chiken curry that looked and tasted like foul chicken in chicken broth and undercooked rice...it was a beauty. We soon perked up later that nite when our mates Anna and Jessie arrived....but they didn't stay in that hostel long as poor Jessie got bedbugs on her first nite. The first few days, the girls and I wandered around Cairns familiarising ourselves with the area ... read more

hey all, well i'll get to the having no money and coming home bit in a minute but first we thought we may as well make the most of being up here...so we went on some trips ...on subday we went to the great barrier reef!! how exciting...we went in an old pearling boat..we thought it had more character than a huge flash yacht (nothing to do with the expense!!)...we sailed out and before we knew it (after a shark spotting that turned into a dolphin..they are so similar!!)we were at our dive spot...well i just went snorkelling but you know what i mean... i started getting abit nervous when we stopped as the waves are quite big in the open ocean...but we had our snorkel talk and then we were set up with all the ... read more

hey, im in Cairns and that is the phrase that is occuring freqently in everyday language!! it rains most of the time....and its that rain that soaks you through!!! been here a few days and due to the lack of money in my purse we've spent most days just dodging the raincloulds and trying to sunbathe next to the lagoon (a big swimming pool...because there are crocs in the sea!!)....we looked for jobs for the first few days but the outlook is looking grim...so you may all see us sooner than we'd thought...still unsure of the plans yet as Nats mum and dad are on holiday!! anyway not much to report as we really havnt been doing much althogh we do get a fee evening meal at the reception..it goes like this...we all pile into a ... read more

As you saw from the picture it rained when we arrived and continued to do so for a week. Well the best part of a week, it was sunny this morning but we were still on the Great Barrier Reef so we missed it! it was sunny quite a lot on GBR and i loved every minute of it. i have done 11 dives in 3 days and im shattered, but no sleep tonight as we are getting the greyhound at 12.25 going to townsville and magnetic island then back on the greyhound going to be sooooo tired. whilst in Cairns we also went to Cape Tribulation which was lovely in the sun but we went up on my birthday and it rained all day and most of the night. we did a horse ride and ... read more

Can you believe it.... Australasia » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » Cairns By K n CMay 22nd 2007 Its 3months down tomorrow guys n girls... its flying by here!! We have been on Magnetic Island for a few days and are now in Cairns, leaving for Bali a week early on friday as very poor! We've loved oz but the ozzy people are now getting a bit much and a culture change is in great need!!! Magneitc Island was great although very quiet, we managed to entertain ourselves with this little barbie car, driving around in convoy with our new g... read more