 | Nemo Found
2005-03-13, Cairns, Australia. By: mala | | Rainy season in the tropics is no joke. Our drive into Cairns was plagued by fierce rain and I was convinced that we would be hydroplaning off the road at any moment. We figured that the soggy weather... |
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 | Going Down!
2002-01-22, Cairns, Australia. By: cyfer13 | | Hi Everybody. (Hi Dr. Nick)
It's me again. Figured i'd send out a friendly hello before i disappear into the deep blue sea for a few days. Tomorrow, I leave for a 3 day diving trip. Don't worry, i ... |
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 | Jaques Cousteau eat your heart out!!
2004-11-14, Cairns, Australia. By: rossa | | So here I am in the Land Down Under!
I arrived here the day before yesterday after a couple of flights from Christchurch (changed planes in Sydney).
And guess what? It's hot! Very hot! Sort of a bla... |
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 | G'day
2004-10-29, cairns, Australia. By: savster | | Well it was a sad sad day when we left Bali,we have made some great friends,who we will run into again i am sure of that.
So we left Bali at daft o'clock in the morning and arrived in Darwin at 5am... |
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 | Cape York & back
2004-08-02, Cairns, Australia. By: terryglend | | Cape York – Terry’s Dream
For years Terry has planned to go to Cape York, he read every magazine, listened to every person who had embarked on the adventure and watched every video produced, so it ... |
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 | One Month Done
2004-07-18, Cairns, Australia. By: ausiaaron | | Well Hello All
It has been a month all ready, how time fly's, when your ..... I am now in north east australia and it is warm so far in the 20's.
Well what pearls of wisdow have i got: 1. I... |
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 | Easter Break in OZ
2004-03-28, Cairns, Australia. By: abbey | | Ok, so I'm not actually in Cairns. I really got back to auckland about 5 days ago, but I thought it would be fun to pretend I was in a different country so the 'location' section would have some vari... |
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 | The rest of the story
2004-04-21, Cairns, Australia. By: captain | | The first night camping went well, and I was very happy with my self for the things I had done so far. But what is camping without rain, and what is a tropical forest without out rain for that fact ... |
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 | Fitzroy Island
2004-04-20, Cairns, Australia. By: captain | | Fitzroy Island is located off the coast of few km, and it is a 45 min trip to the island by ferry. It used to be mountain top, but when the ocean rose after the ice age, the valley between Cairns an... |
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 | The start of my journey
2004-04-15, Cairns, Australia. By: captain | | Well the whole trip to Cairns was very different than what I had expected, and it left me with many new perspectives on life, and it taught me a few things about myself and improvements I might like t... |
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 | Sep - Dec 03
2003-12-27, Cairns, Australia. By: nmid | | Plans changed slightly when i got here and we decided to tour the country with a bit more freedom so we bought a Toyota Hiace Campervan. Its 20 years old but runs really well and has everything you ne... |
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 | Dwarf Minke Whales and Giant Potato Cod!
2003-06-20, Cairns, Australia. By: Flyin_scot | | After a few weeks of not too much happening in Cairns apart
from eating, sleeping and reading I decided it was time to
get back out on the reef. So after some good fortune, I
jumped for a 5 day... |
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| Reef Teach
2003-06-01, Cairns, Australia. By: Flyin_scot | | Just before I left on the live aboard, I discovered “Reef Teach” in Cairns, originally started by an Irish marine biologist about 11 years ago, it offers tourists and locals alike, a chance to underst... |
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| Learning to Dive
2003-06-03, Cairns, Australia. By: Flyin_scot | | Well I'm living quite happily in Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef is just outside the front gate, well its 60km away but who is counting? So after the great buzz of 2 intro dives, I signed up at Dee... |
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 | The names Bond............!
2003-06-23, Cairns, Australia. By: scottyg | | 23 - 06 - 2003. We picked up our campervan round 2.30; we couldn't stop laughing at first. Down one side was a huge 'looking down the barrel of a gun' painting form the opening scene of all the James... |
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 | Australia
2003-05-18, Cairns, Australia. By: scottyg | | 18 05 03. Despite being the ‘red-eye’ flight our onwards journey to Australia was pretty good, not Qantas as expected but Australian airlines, a smaller subsidiary. The downside was that we landed a... |
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 | Great Barrier Reef
2003-01-28, Cairns, Australia. By: cspeck | | Our trip to the Great Barrier Reef was another highlight of my trip so far. Half of the day was about seeing the reef and the other half was about both mine and Sue's first SCUBA dive! Hardly saw a ... |
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| Fun Day with Australian Animals
2003-01-31, Cairns, Australia. By: cspeck | | We spent our last day in Cairns at a wildlife park. We got to interact with the kangaroos, including feeding them out of our hands, which was amazing. The ones at the park were very gentle, sweet an... |
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 | It's a Small World
2002-08-22, Cairns, Australia. By: sbirch | | I got off the train and started heading to the YHA Hostel when I saw a nice looking backpacker in an old style Australian house called Gecko's. I checked it out and ended up staying there. The old hou... |
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| Crystal Springs Falls and Rainforest
2002-08-19, Cairns, Australia. By: sbirch | | I arrived in Cairns at 7:00 am after flying all-night from Japan. I did not have plans or hotel lined up so I searched for an information desk; I found an accommodation board with a listing for a host... |
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 | Sting-ray
2001-02-02, Cairns, Australia. By: anni_h79 | | I went to Australia for five weeks year 1996 and I had a great time. Well then again, who wouldn't in Australia...? I stayed in Cairns for a couple of weeks, and since Cairns is the port out to the Gr... |
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 | Hanging around in Cairns
2001-01-16, Cairns, Australia. By: andreas | | The last days I’ve just slept a lot in hope of getting better, worked on the laptop and eaten good Australian food. There’s a lot to choose from for a vegetarian and during the last days I’ve tasted t... |
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 | Finally in Australia!
2001-01-12, Cairns, Australia. By: andreas | | Landed in the country I wanted to visit since I was a kid (many years ago ;-) at 05.30 local time (9hrs ahead of Sweden). After spending a month in Asia it felt very much like coming home when I trave... |
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