Friday I arrived in Cairns. Unfortunately the weather was not very nice. It was raining when we landed and it continued to rain off and on the entire day. I did a few errands but mostly relaxed for the rest of the day. Saturday I went to Kuranda, a small town outside of Cairns. I mainly did this because other than drink and book adventure tours there’s not much to do in Cairns. This time of year marine stingers (a.k.a. jellyfish) are present so swimming in the ocean is not possible. It continued to rain off and on throughout the day Saturday. There’s not much to do about it except deal with it. In Kuranda there is access to the Daintree Rainforest. This is the oldest rain forest in the world. I tried to go on ... read more

I spent the day exploring Sydney a little more. I started off by visiting Manly Cove. It’s across the harbor from downtown Sydney. It was really fun because I took the ferry across. It was less fun because it was cloudy and overcast. It rained a little bit too, but only for a few minutes thankfully. Anyway I walked along the harbor for a bit. The ferry also provides good views of the shoreline around Sydney. The shore is sandstone ranging in colors from light tan to dark reddish brown. Layers upon layers of sandstone are exposed. Most of the shore is rocky and very steep; in many places the shore is nonexistent with the land ending in an abrupt cliff. Sydney has a few parks and national parks in it so there is some shoreline ... read more

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