Blogs from Kuranda, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 4

Dziś wybraliśmy się do Kurandy, małego miasteczka położonego nieopodal Cairns, przy czym chodziło nam nie tyle o odwiedzenie Kurandy, co o samą podróż. W jedną stronę jechaliśmy Skyrailem, kolejką linową rozciągającą się nad lasem na odcinku 7,5 km; w pewnym momencie zobaczyłam z góry szarą kupkę futra wśród eukaliptusów - ewidentnie mieszkały tam koale. :) Wysiedliśmy na pośrednich stacjach, żeby przejść się po lesie ze strażnikiem przyrody, który opowiadał nam o roślinach, oraz popodziwiać wodospad na rzece Barron, teraz (czyli pod koniec pory suchej) niemal zupełnie wyschnięty. Naszym środkiem lokomocji w podróży powrotnej był Kuranda Express, zabytkowy pociąg złożony z wagonów zbudowanych w latach 30. XX w.; podróż była wyjątkowo relaksująca i w dodatku czuliśmy się trochę jak w pociągu do Hogwartu. Od początku towarzyszyła nam Ania, pierwsza osoba z Polski, którą spotkaliśmy w Austr... read more

Two days before the planned Yoga Mala, I fell on my butt. Yes it was from a table and No I wasn't dancing! I was helping decorate a classroom with some amazing grade one art work. While this activated my Svadistan Chakra like a bolt of lightening and was in response to exactly what I had asked the Universe for "Please help me understand the women in my yoga classes who have back problems", it seemed not such convenient timing! All the same, the date was set and advice from Katrina, my inspiring local teacher, was to get back on the mat and keep moving my body! You have to take note of such wisdom and proceed with caution when your yoga teacher also gives you orange cloth to wear! So, local yogis came together to ... read more

When I got back to school Mr Cav was starting preparing for Sports Day. The only one I missed practicing for was shotput. I got really fit because we practiced lots at school and I did two afternoons of afterschool sport, soccer training one day, circus one day and swimming at least one day a week. One of the best things I’ve done since we got back was landing a forward flip at circus. Now I’m going to practice backflips! We had sports carnival and I came second in 800m and 4th in 100m. It meant I would be going to Barron River, interschool carnival. At Barron River sports carnival I came 8th out of 18 kids and in 100m I came 4th out of 9 kids. Then at the end of the day they picked ... read more

I dag våknet jeg tidlig, allerede klokken 06. Merket godt jetlaget kan man si, vi er ganske så slitne begge to i dag å håper vi er mer inn i tidsonen i morgen. I dag har vi vært på utflukt til regnskogen, Kuranda. Vi tok det de kaller en skyride opp gjennom regnskogen (det er som et stort skitrekk), et enormt område, og vi hoppet på og av skyriden 3 ganger før vi til slutt kom opp til byen Kuranda som ligger midt inni i regnskogen. I Kuranda spiste vi lunsj, gikk på marked pluss at vi besøkte en liten dyrepark som hadde krokodiller, skilpadder, slanger, koalabjørner som bare var sååå søte, og kengeru som vi fikk mate og klappe! På vei tilbake til cairns tok vi et historisk tog som tok oss gjennom regnskogen på ... read more

Today I went on another free day tour - this time to Kuranda. Kuranda is a town tucked into the rainforest about an hour south and inland of Port Douglas. I was picked up by the Reef & Rainforest bus and driven down to the Sky Rail, where I hopped onto a gondola and flew over the rainforest canopy towards Kuranda. It was lovely being all alone above the rainforest, with the wind blowing gently through the open windows of the cable car and the sound of birds all around. You hop off twice and do little walks around the rainforest and then hop on another cable car that takes you further up the mountain range - it takes about an hour all up. We stopped at Barron Falls and I took some photos, although it ... read more