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Published: September 28th 2010
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Squeezing the goon bag - classy Hi ALL!!!
Well the first bit of news is I finally have a job!!! The great news is that I am going to be working at the same hotel as Stacey and we will prob be working shifts of around 5-11 each day so we get the days free which is just perfect for us so we can carry on exploring!! Its going to be doing food and beverage at the shangri la and they have said we can have as many or as little hours as we like. I got offered the job this morning so we have spent the day doing what we do best here - sunbathing and reading books in the sun!!! Saying that it has been extremely hot today as the breeze that tends to run through Cairns and makes the heat bearable has been absent so its been really humid and hot. This was broken by a massive raining session that saw the esplanade evacuated within minutes!!! Tonight is zumba which is on free twice a week and we really enjoy it! There are some amazing sites down there as you get all walks of life participating - some people look like they
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Stacey's Aussie b'day Barbie!! have headphones on and dancing to their own beat! Brilliant!!!
Well the past few days have been spent exploring, on saturday we headed upto Port Douglas which was lovely. We are very lucky to be living with Ryan who's from Brisbane and up here with work (as a helicopter pilot - we dont mix with any old crusty backpackers here!! hahaha only joking!) and he has a car. We all headed up there on saturday and had a really lovely day. Port Douglas is very picturesque and had a lovely beach - 4m in fact and the weather was glorious. We then headed back and spent the majority of the evening drinking goon in the garden (classy) before heading out into town to spend $20 - no more!!! We ended up in inevitably in the woolshed which i imagine is loads of fun when you are 20 but its really not the best in night time entertainment! Sunday was spent nursing the 'goonover' and watching films. We also found a place at the Pier which does $5 pizza and 241 drinks - wish we had gone the night before! Really nice bar and we plan to go back as
its much nicer than some of the places we have visited so far!!!
Yesterday we decided to venture upto one of the north beaches - Yorkey's Knob. I don't know who names some of the places here but they certainly are amusing!! It was really nice and a quiet beach so we soaked up some rays and frolicked in the sea! A gay old time had by all haha!! It cost us $7 to get up to the beach and it takes around 30 minutes or so to get up there - its shame that they arent closer as we would prefer to go on bikes but after the 2.5 round trip bike journey we did last time in the hot humid heat we decided its best to stick to the sunbus!!
So we are not sure how long we plan to stay in Cairns but plan to get some money behind us so we can do all the trips we want to. We are going to hire a car and drive up to Cape Tribulation which we have just heard is amazing. One of our housemate's headed up there the other week and said the beaches and
wildlife are just fantastic. Its going to be cheaper doing it this way then going on an organised tour by the looks of it. I also cant wait to get to the reef and am also planning on doing a skydive which scares me silly but really want to do one!!!
Tonight after free zumba we are going out for tea at the woolshed as mentioned earlier. Apart from being like the cheesy kind of bar you find in Tenerife its also home of the one dollar meals! You buy the vouchers from the Cairns sharehouse and can get a choice of 4 meals for the voucher - if you are feeling really flush you can upgrade for an extra $5 and get a steak! It all helps the budget! Anyway hope that you like the pics and hope all is well. If you ever get the chance to visit Cairns i would def recommend !
Take care and lots of love
Jane xxxx
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Janiestar
Down Under!!
Can't get pics on today as in a rubbish internet place so they will follow! x