Blogs from Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 13

This was a fun weekend the first time I have been camping without rain, infact it was so hot in thier I hardly had any sleep. Myself and Kat arrived not long after 7am as we set off at 5am so we could watch the sun rise, but due to trhe clouds we did not get to see the sun rise so we really did not need to get up and travel that early. The camp site was 4* so the erection was about start, on the tent. Kat having worked in the navy had the erection nearly complete by the time I had been to the tollet, great I thought. So off we went to explore this beach and what a view this was, you could see Dunk Island from the beach, I would have ... read more

As promised... finally we have pictures.. I am in Darwin at the mo - until early tomorrow a.m when i leave for Kakadu - which i nearly didn't make!! I got ill last night and by this morning i had a raging fever, shakes, was being sick and ached so much that i couldn't get out of bed... i really scared the hostel as well as myself - i honestly don't think i can remember ever being that ill!!! - still feel bad - but i think i'll live!! :-) Pictures are from my time on Dunk - so enjoy... see you all soon!!! Love me xxx... read more

From Cairns (after a day in Innisfail) i went to mission beach for 2 days of activities. I got a package of an 11,000 ft tandem skydive and white water rafting. I decided to upgrade the skydive to 14,000 ft, giving 60 seconds of freefall (which i would recomend to anyone thinking of doing a jump because the first few seconds are largely a blur!)It took about 15 minutes to reach 14,000 feet, which luckily seemed to go very fast as about 8 of us were cramed in to a small plane like sardines. We just sat pulling funny faces at the cameras for the people getting DVDs made. My dive master started strapping us together at which point i thought i should ask what to do if he hit his head on the door and ... read more

Aamulla varhain kerasimme siis kimpsumme ja kampsumme joita olikin melkoinen maara ja suuntasimme kohti Cairnsin keskustaa ja Premierin bussipysakkia. Respan tytto ei edes valittanut vaikka avaimenperani oli jotenkin "omituisesti" hajonnut ja palautin sen kahdessa osassa. Tama johtui siita etta jouduin kayttamaan yksi ilta toisen korkkarini korjaamiseen Teemun kehittamaa patenttia kun sekin vihdoin hajosi liiasta tanssimisesta. Kyseisessa korjausoperaatiossa avaimenperassa olevalla metallirenksulla on olennainen osuus. Mutta tanssikengat on entista ehommat ja nyt molemmat on taas samanlaiset. Lahjoin respaneitia Timtameilla mika sai hanet luultavasti suopeammalle tuulelle. Timtamit on Australialaisia suklaakeksimakeisia joita saattaa tulla hiukan ikava kun Suomeen palaa. Ne on nimittain tosi hyvia, nam! Yksi Timtam olisi pitanyt saastaa Premier bussin kuskille, ehka se olisi edes hiuk... read more

Mission beach is another place in Australia where there is nothing much there. It´s pretty much another 1 street town right on the beach. The main draw for me was the promise of white water rafting on the Tully River. This day was class, probably the best single activity that I did in Austrlaia. All the ingridients where there sun, high water levels and a good group of rafters. The trip from Mission beach to the starting point on the river was about 1hr. In total we rafted for around 5 hrs back to the offices of the company. The rapids them selves ranged in intensity from grade 3 to 4 so they were pretty taxing, much more than a mere trickle. I was with a group of jokers, guys I had met off the ... read more