Blogs from Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 9

Day 228: Thursday 12th February - I’m an ant licker, and I don’t care! It is yet another early start in Cairns as I’m getting picked up at 7:30am for a tour going north to Cape Tribulation. Almost everyone on the tour with the exception of a Swiss couple and an Irish guy are English. Our first stop of the day is to a wildlife sanctuary. I question our driver, Scotty when we get off the bus as already he has sent around a sheet for people to choose their lunch option and now he is about to buy entrance tickets for everyone on the bus. The tour I paid for didn’t include either lunch or entrance to the wildlife sanctuary as I’ve done enough wildlife sanctuary’s/zoo’s over the last few weeks and I’m sure I ... read more

Of all the places and of all the things I have ever done while traveling...Fraser Island is in the top three if not number one...We arrived in Rainbow Beach which is the jump off point to arrive in Fraser Island...We got to our hostel called Dingos for our briefing the day before we headed over to the Island...They broke up 44 of us in to 4 groups of 11...And provided us with an order form for booze and a list of our camping supplies and food...The next morning we got up bright and early to pack our trucks...The cars were land cruisers kitted out to 4 wheel drive and had racks on the roof to pack up all of our gear...They gave us 4 tents, 2 coolers, cooking supplies and all our food and drinks...We packed ... read more

Hello again folks, nu dat we terug in de bewoonde wereld rondtrekken kunnen we wat regelmatiger de blog uptdaten he. Onze nieuwjaar was een vroege dit jaar, lekker eten in Darwin, het Noorden van Australie en als 2 watjes op tijd ons bed in want heel moe (en in die godverlaten stad valt gewoon NIKS te beleven :). Goed slapen is het toch niet geworden: om half 6 sochtens schieten we plots wakker na een extreeeem harde knal op de gang!! En erna brandalarm...de meest extreme scenario's (geweerschoten? bom? en andere dingen om elkaar nerveus te maken :) schieten door ons hoofd. Vlug grabbelen we paspoorten, wat geld en wat kleren bij elkaar en volgen the flow langsheen de brandladder naar beneden. Buiten zien we een security dude, waaraan we vertellen dat er een gigantische knal ... read more

7h30 je retrouve Stuart pour de nouvelles aventures, direction Cape Tribulaton au nord cette fois. La guide est folle mais sympa, elle a ses propres regles a bord du bus comme "Who is behind is left behind", a ces cotes il y a un type completement fou egalement, le genre surfeur bloque en 1968. Originalite dans le groupe un couple de vieux australien, 84 ans pour lui et toujours en forme. Nous nous arretons dejeuner dans un petit cafe perdu au milieu des plantations de sucres de canne. Regle numero un ici ne surtout pas s en approcher, les plus dangeureux serpents d australie y residant. Nous faisons ensuite une ballade dans la Rain Forest et la mangrove, nous y verons un gros lezard et quelques araignees. Notre guide veut me faire lecher l arriere train ... read more

Hey again As promised i thought I'd update you on what i did this weekend, the hostel owner gets discounts with local tours and activities so i got him to book me a trip to Cape Tribulation on the recommendation of almost all the people i have met so far, i didn't know much about what was there but i had heard it was a must see and I'm so glad i went, Cape Trib is one of very few places where Rain forest meets Reef, The rain forest is Called the Daintree Rain forest and its around 120million years old which makes it the oldest in the world!!! (the Amazon's only 50-60 million years old) its situated north of Cairns and the tour company i went with drive you to various places along the way, ... read more