Cairns: Tropical Paradise!

August 15, 2009 Cairns, North Queensland.

Cairns is a town that caters to tourists. The hostel I have chosen is quite beautiful and clean, so far. I have a lovely veranda off my room, I would recommend this place to anyone (so far) The staff, Candice, has been amazing. She brought me to my room, helped me out with using the phone (credit card blocked because it was used in a foreign country so I had to call to unblock it), with booking tours, with using the internet, she was very helpful.

I have booked myself in to do 4 excursions while I'm here, which all start painfully early! lol, I'll survive.. I hope!

I can't believe I have to leave here in 5 days to go to Melbourne where it's currently rather COLD. I can hardly bare how hot it is in my room ( which is why I'm currently flung in a cozy wicker chair on the veranda).

So here's the Cairns itinerary:

Sunday 16th: Pick up at 6:50am for Cape Tribulation and Daintree Safari. For $159 I will be spending the day in a rainforest habitat, getting a walk through a gorge, getting a 5 star buffet lunch, going to cape trib beach, doing a walk along a botanical boardwalk and then enjoying a river wildlife cruise to get back at about 6:30pm.

Monday 17th: Pick up at 7:30am for my Passions of Paradise Snorkel and sail out on the great barrier reef. I will be going on a catamaran with sails, full lunch and small group! be back home for about 5pm

Tuesday 18th: I will be doing a tour to Kuranda. I will be taking a skyrail cableway up to the hippie town full of quaint shops then the scenic train back down to be home for about 5pm. Kuranda is 328 meters up. The train must go through 15 tunnels, over 37 bridges, and around 98 curves.

Wednesday, 19th : I will be getting picked up at 8am to visit the falls and the forest. I'll get a guided tour of the rainforest, get to go for a swim in the falls... as the brochure says: we'll be walking, talking swimming, rocksliding, singing in waterfalls, floating in a volcanic crater lake, platypus spotting and enjoying a two course lunch and two snacks. I'll be getting home at about 8:30pm.

Sounds good? it does to me!!