Well hello and welcome to my first proper Blog entry. So we arrived in Cairns bright and early on Monday 16th after a pretty painless flight. I could not believe that I slept for 8 hours as I am a RUBBISH sleeper and was convinced i'd spend the first 13hrs wide awake hating everyone around me who was sleeping soundly. Anyway, arrived and checked into Caravella 149 with 3 double rooms for the price of a 4 bed dorm - bargin!! Over the next two days we explored Cairns in the rain/clouds/occasional sun, and quickly realised there was not much to see. Apart from a pretty lagoon/swimming pool by the sea edge, not much to see. On the Thursday, me, Bekka and Jo went out to the reef for a snorkle/intro dive. The trip started well
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