Cairns and surrounding areas

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We arrived in Cairns a few days before Cyclone Larry was due to hit therefore we couldn't do much but wait for it to pass before making plans.

Fortunately Larry didn't hit Cairns too bad and we were safe in a hostel, luckily we hadn't yet picked up our campervan!

Once we had our van we drove up to Port Douglas where we spent a couple of nights. We also visited Daintree village, Mossman Gorge and tried to head up to Cape Tribulation. We didn't get far as the road was flooded from the cyclone so we never even made it across the Daintree River.

We passed back through Cairns and then headed inland to the Atherton Tablelands. We went to Millaa Millaa Falls (where they filmed a Timotei advert years ago). Most of the other waterfalls were inaccessible due to fallen trees and we had to camp without electricity.

On the way back we stopped in Kuranda where we saw the Barron Falls and visited a bat sanctuary.

Back in Cairns our plans to learn to scuba dive were scuppered so we had to settle for a snorkelling trip to the Great Barrier Reef. It was a great day and the reef was beautiful. We spent four hours snorkelling and Mark did a trial dive. Definitely the highlight of Cairns.

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