Coping with public and private transport since 2001
We’ll be leaving Cairns today and as all of our travelling is done by car, we kind of need one of those. And so we were off to the rental people to get ours. We officially rented a standard car (SDAR) but instead got a standard SUV (IFAR), in this case a Mitsubishi ASX. We are quite familiar with those,
Continue readingThese early mornings are becoming quite the habit over here! Yes, we start off with breakfast at 06:30 again this morning, as we’ll be picked up by Billy Tea Bush Safaris around 7 at our hotel. They’ll be trucking us and a few other people up north today, on a full day of exploring the country north of Cairns. The
Continue readingAnother early morning for us, as we will be on a boat for almost the entire day today. We’ll be heading off to the Great Barrier Reef! This meant we had to be ready at the Marlin Marina at 8 in the morning to board the boat. And so we were. Together with 78 other people, we embarked on a
Continue readingThe beach over here in Cairns is… quite different to what we are used to back home. For instance, the tides are really big over here, and the beach is either really small or really large. Secondly, no one is allowed on it. Why, I hear you ask? Estuarine Crocodiles. So, the Inhabitants of Cairns have created their own beach,
Continue readingAll good things must come to an end, and our visit to Australia’s most famous National Park is not different. We actually have nothing planned for today, and decided to totally wing it. We’ll make up stuff along the way, we know we need to be at the airport at a certain time to hand in the car and catch
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