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December 22nd 2008

Published: January 6th 2009

We arrived in Cairns mid evening and were immediately hit by the heat and humidity of the city which was quite welcome after the rain in Alice. We checked into our hostel and set straight off to the city centre to 'enjoy' our first free meal at the Woolshed where where we were to have many more meals during our stay... The Woolshed is a dubious pub/restaurant where many hostels offer either a fr... Read Full Entry

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Sophie & Dale

Sophie and Dale

Back in 2008 we took 21 months off work, rented out the house, found a foster home for Stuart (cat!) and ventured out to the big wide world. We saw as many places as we could fit in in the time we were on the road and returned home in February 2010 after a truly life changing and eye opening journey. Our adventure lasted... 615 days! After our return we fell into the routine of life back in the UK but have always planned to get back out there as soon as we could. It took a bit longer than we'd hoped but we did squeeze in getting married and a few holidays ... full info

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Spoonbill

Pelicans on the Esplanade

Flying Foxes

There was a Flying Fox nursery outside the council buildings in Cairns and every day you'd see them in there squeaking away.. at night they would all come out and swarm in the sky.