Cairns
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Chapter 18 : Waterfall Wanderers –
We had stopped in at the front desk at our hotel, to book a tour for our second day in Cairns. We had decided that we wanted to go on a Tablelands and waterfall tour. We saw a brochure that also bundled the tour with a trip on the Kuranda Railway and Skyrail Rainforest Cableway,…
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Chapter 17 : Another Cairns Evening
After our day long catamaran and snorkeling tour, we decided to go back out and see what else Cairns had to offer. We took a quick stop at the Didge Cafe, to make sure that my favorite didgeridoo hadn’t been purchased. Then, we continued down the promenade, until we made it back down to the…
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Chapter 16 : The Great Barrier Reef –
The day that we had been waiting years for had finally arrived. We were going to go scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef. I had been told that I would need to shave my mustache, so that my mask would fit securely, so I pulled my plug in electric razor out of the bag.…
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Chapter 15 : Cairns, Kerns, Cans –
Two baked beans are backpacking in Australia. Where do they end up? As soon as we got off the plane, we started talking to one of the locals. She was a woman that was in her upper 50’s. We had mentioned that we couldn’t wait to visit Cairns and she said that she couldn’t wait…