Blogs from Cairns City, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 15

30/09/10 - Cape Tribulation We hired a car today for a day trip to Cape Tribulation, an area that Captain Cook ran aground on with 1 of his ships. On our way to Cape Trib we went up to the Daintree River and got on a crocodile spotting boat trip where we saw 3 different crocs ranging from 3 to 5 metres in length. As we carried up on the road we stopped at the Daintree ice cream company and had an ice cream sunday with 4 flavours including Jackfruit, the worlds largest fruit, it tasted similar to bubblegum. Further up the road we stopped for a walk at Jindalba and it finally felt like we were in a proper rainforest, such a dense undergrowth and thick canopy. Arrived at Cape Tribulation beach which was stunning ... read more

Very early start to the day. Up at 4am having met up with Patti and family again for tea last night. Beautiful night, with a glorious sunset on Fannie Bay. We'll all see more of Patti in December so hat will be good. Good flight to Cairns but all this travelling is tiring. Quite hot here but not the humidity of Darwin. We have a big day planned for tomorrow. Drive to Port Douglas and then out to the Barrier Reef taking all day. Should be good! Hoping to see my niece Erica whilst up here. Thinking of you all and missing you! Home Saturday! Will post more pics for you to view. Hope you are able to access these blogs! Love always. W... read more

Well hello!! Here it is - my first entry as a backpacker! I can now make that statement after sleeping in hostels, lugging round my nemesis (backpack) and generally looking for anything on the cheap!! I hope you are all well and sorry that I have not done this sooner - this really has been the first chance to sit down and document the story so far. So as you all know we touched down into a rainy and overcast Sydney (just as i had predicted!) after a suprisingly decent flight. I lucked out and managed to get a row of four seats on the journey from Heathrow to Taipei and had around 6 - 7 hrs of sleep which just made all the difference. After landing in Sydney we headed off to enjoy our last ... read more

Am Donnerstag mussten wir uns früh aus dem Bett quälen, um pünktlich halb 8 am Reef Terminal zu sein. Nachdem wir unsere Boarding-Pässe (ja, dort geht es zu wie am Flughafen) abgeholt hatten, konnten wir zu unserem Katamaran „Passions of Paradise“ gehen. Als sich das Boot dann kurz nach acht gefüllt hatte, ging es endlich los - leider mit leichtem Nieselregen. Nach 2 Stunden erstaunlich ruhiger Fahrt hatten sich die Wolken verzogen und wir kamen am ersten Schnorchelspot an. Die Michaelmas Cay hat eine kleine Insel, auf der tausende Vögel ihr Zuhause haben. Die Korallen konnten wir aus nächster Nähe betrachten, da gerade Ebbe war. Ein kleiner Riff-Hai (ca. 1,5 m) schwamm unter uns entlang und wir kamen riesigen Muscheln beängstigend Nahe. Nach mehr als einer Stunde im Wasser (mit Wetsuit, damit wir nicht frieren) haben ... read more

Hallo iedereen! met veel goede zin publiceren wij onze blog geïnspireerd van onze avonturen uit Australië, het is nogal een lap tekst geworden dus smeer nog even een broodje of zet koffie. Voor diegene die zich zelf met zijn hoofd op het toetsenbord vindt: dat vinden wij niet erg zolang er maar een berichtje achter gelaten wordt. Veel plezier en de groeten van, Jan & Elise, Roel & Anka Zo'n vier maanden geleden stonden we Eindhoven airport afscheid te nemen van iedereen die ons gedag kwam zeggen, onder deze mensen waren ook Jan en Elise aanwezig, vlak voor vertrek herinner ik me nog goed de woorden " tot over vier maanden ", wat op dat moment een eeuwigheid leek te duren is voor ons voorbijgegaan als sneeuw voor de zon, elke dag vanaf het prille begin ... read more