Wow, what a month! This has possibly been the best month since i started travelling, all those months ago! I dont really know where to start, so i shall start at the beginning!
Cairns:
I left perth for Cairns and as soon as i arrived i just felt really excited! You know when you get off the plane full of excitement and you know your going to have a great time, like you smell the air and you go oh it smells different! Cairns itself is really small, like there is one main strip on the esplanade where there are heaps of cafes, a night market, with heaps and heaps of backpacker accommodation. From cairns there is no end to the day trips you can do, it would take you forever to finish them all! The first trip i did was an overnight trip to Cape Tribulation, which was spectacular. There was so much rainforest around that it was breathtaking! Additionally we went on a river cruise trying to spot some crocodiles, which we saw a few but not heaps and big monsters like i was hoping, but still enjoyed it. In Cape Tribulation there was a beach, so for the most part i just sat on the beach for ages, but we couldnt swim in the ocean because there were stingers and crocs in the area, boooooo! The backpacker hostel was lovely, like small cabins and met loads of lovely people, like a young 18 year old (its times like that when i realise im not 18 anymore) from adelaide, a woman from czech republic and a french canadian guy, all nice and friendly! We went out for dinner, which was fun! Once i had got back from cairns, i went on a hot air balloon ride, which was fun and the views were spectacular! The next day i snorkelled the great barrier reef, also incredible! The fish and the coral had so much colour in them, was amazing to see! It is one of the great wonders of the world and i have seen it! Pretty incredible really. The following day i went white water rafting, was heaps of fun! Everyone in our boat gelled so much that it was a really fun day and we got so wet was so much fun! I also went to the waterfalls in the tablelands where peter andre filmed mysterious girl and where the herbel essences advert was filmed, so now my life is complete!!!!
Magnetic island:
I left cairns at 6am in the dark to get on the ozexperience bus, where as far as i was concerned the real east coast trip began! We drove from cairns to Townsville where i was to get on a ferry to go to a small island off Townsville that resembled something from lost! The hostel was awesome, was right on the beach, the dorms were small hut cabins and made some tight friendships with the girls that were in my dorm! The hostel had a bar so mainly we got pissed on the night and got some r 'n' r in the day! The daytime we went on a walk to spot some koalas. Then we went to a koala sanctuary where i got to hold one, which was pretty sweet! The island itself has heaps of beaches, so was lovely, like something from a postcard!
Airlie Beach/Whitsundays
Airlie Beach is the place you go to do your whitsunday sailing trip, which i have been looking forward to doing since before i flew out to Australia! Airlie Beach itself is incredibly small, its like one street where the shops and bars are, it is designed for tourism i feel. Airlie Beach at night is pumping but the daytime is a bit boring. It does have a lagoon where you can go for a swim and sunbake. They have a lagoon because you cant swim in the water because of the stingers! The bars are quite good, they have happy hour on every night and free drinks for ladies some of the time. The whitsunday trip itself was good, although it was raining for most of it, but you just have to make the best of it. We did snorkelling, rainforest walk, whitehaven beach (the finest sand in the world, only nasa can take sand as its heritage listed). The last few days had more sunshine so everyone got their tan on. The saling itself was pretty awesome, the boat was on a high angle, so it went super fast and everone got soaking wet, was awesome fun! Once i got back to Australia i caught up with a friend and we watched the royal wedding, was awesome to say that i was watching the wedding in a backpacker bar in Airlie Beach in Queensland in Australia!!!! Was fun though everyone was merrily drunk and cheering when certain people came on they telly!! Elton and the queen got the biggest cheer haha! I though william is getting ugly though haha!
So thats my month, pretty bad month ey?! The next stop is fraser island, a sand island where u camp out and theres like a ship wreck and stuff! Im going via a cattle station for one night where i get to wrestle goats, crack a whip and ride a mechanical bull! looks fun! Im enjoying myself heaps at the moment but not much longer left really so making the most of my time here!
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