The two R's are the reason for coming to Cairns. I was slightly concerned regarding the weather - theoretically the rainy season could set in in a massive way any second, but luckily so far we have only been treated to fairly frequent, but not too crazy, showers. I have been on a couple of trips here, firstly to the Atherton Tablelands, an inland area of rainforest up in the hills, where it was a little cooler and less humid than Cairns. Day one of the trip we went wildlife spotting, seeing, among other things, the Muskyrat Kangaroo, the forest dragon and the freakish-but-cute platypus. We also went for several swims; one river, one lake (volcanic, 85 metres deep at certain points), and two waterfalls. One day two both myself and the girl i was travelling
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