Blogs from Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 19

Apart from the cold in sydney, I felt i had stood still too long and when a chance to get back on the road again came, I took it! Am travelling now with Roopa (a girl I met in Tasmania) and Eun Hye (also known as Eva, a flatmate of Roopa's in Sydney) from Cairns down the east coast. However no trip from Cairns is complete without a little trip up north to visit Cape Tribulation- we have booked an open ticket travel deal with Peter Pan adventure travel and took a 3 day, 2 night tour up there. This roughly translates into a one day tour over 3 days which gives you2days to do with as you please up in Cape Trib! Our trip happened to fall over the inaugural England world cup game and ... read more

G'Day mates Yesterday we were at a rodeo, this morning we are visiting one of the limestone caves, for which Chilligoe is well known. The ranger who takes on the tour is very pleasant and informative, the stalactites and stalagmites are very impressive as are all the caverns and false floors. But as soon as the tour is over, it’s back on the road! Traveling from Chillagoe the road alternates between gravel and bitumen, and we just can’t keep up with Karl in his truck, however he waits for us, good job as we’re not sure where we are going!!!! From Cairns we have traveled up through the Tablelands and into Savannah to get to Chillagoe.. Savannah is grazing country and the Tablelands is sugarcane and fruit growing country particularly mangoes, it’s a shame they are ... read more

As we had not been on a tour or anything for a while, we were really looking forward to seeing Cape tribulation as we had heard it was really pretty. So we were up at 6:30 for our 7:30 pick up, it was a nice morning, only a little cloud. We were greeted by our guide for the day, his name was Rowan, a really nice guy. We were the first pick up so from our hostel we had a drive around town to get our bus full. Then we set off out of Cairns for our day out. On the way we saw a different perspective of Oz. As you all know we have been into the outback and seen the vast areas of nothingness, but the views we were getting on the way were ... read more

Well I made a docs appointment for when I get back to Cairns tonight and my mission for today was to keep it CLEAN! So in that it hurt to walk and I couldnt really go in the pool with an open wound I sat and talked to Sam for a few hours! Nice boy but I upset him by tellin him I was going to Leeds Festival and he isnt!! tehe Brad, the tour guide for our return to Cairns, arrived to collect us with the news that the Ferry back across the Daintree River was stuck and there was a new plan for the day. This involved pretending the bus was 4WD and driving it down the seriously dodgy road to then lead us all through knee deep stagnant rainforest water! I demanded a ... read more

Today was my Day on the Great Barrier Reef. We went out to Mackay reef and there was only 5 divers on the boat so we had a small group and a superb time on the pristine reef. The coral colours were unbelievable and there was so many fish. My buddy, Helen, was so excited by it all! Had such a good day and the second dive was mind blowing. We dived at 'the Wall'. a big coral wall which seemed to glow with the colours and teemed with life. We saw another Mauri Wrasse like Elvis on the Whitsunday's. After all the excitement Helen and I decided to head out for tea...which meant we ate in the bar at the hostel! flashy! Met a random guy called Sam from Leeds with such a strong yorkshire ... read more