Cape Tribulation

Took a tour yesterday to Cape Tribulation, which is about 60 miles up the cost from Cairns... First stop off was at the Daintree River for a boat cruise looking for Crocs... I was pretty excited about this and got even more excited when as you boarded your given a cup of local Daintree Brewed tea.. Quite surreal watching for Crocs whilst sipping a cuppa.. Saw one male croc about a metre long... But apparently the famous croc in that section of the Daintree (They've named him scar face) had submerged cause the previous tour boat had got too close...

There were some Americans on board talking to loudly and demanding that the boat got closer for them to take pictures... Was tempted just to nudge one overboard just to see if it tempted ole scarface to rise from the bottom.

From there went onto Marrdja Rainforest walk, amazing place... such a vast amount of wildlife... and loads of mozzies... From there to cape trib... and the most fantastic beach ever.... white sands, bright blue sky, Stingray warning... all very picturesque... got some good pics will post them as soon as I figure out how... From there we went to the Mossman Gorge, a huge natural swimming hole (no crocs) absolutely peaceful and relaxing... then onto Port Douglas... great little town... the thing that is amazing me the most is the nice everyone is and not in a false way...

To to add: I mentioned the americans earlier... here's something to justify pushing one of them in...

Cairns has no beach, it does have a coast line, but instead of blue water and white sand you have just a muddy mess of land. Now this never use to be the case- 60 years ago it was a haven... until WWII when the Yanks turned up with there warships, and cause the couldn't get into the bay (two shallow) they dredged up tonnes of mud to create a canal so the warships could pass freely... but unsure where to dump the mud they just left it on cairns beach completely destroying the natural habitat and ruining the beach forever... bit anti American but when you see the mess its left its quite upsetting... ahem....

Planes, Customs and Automobiles

Hey All....

Well Im finally here, its Tuesday Morning and I think the jet lag has gone... So far its been fantastic...

When I left the UK on Friday night I was a little nervous, luckily Shaun and Pip were there to see me off... now I know Shaun is a big bloke who likes his beers and ladies and footy - but I tell you its quite embarrassing when a bloke like that is an uncontrollable bag of snot and tears... glad I was able to get through the gate to escape.. jokes thanks for coming to the Airport guys.. much appreciated.

Whilst waiting to check in I got talking to the girl in front of me who was also going to Cairns - Kerry, We got seats together as the rest of the people in the queue looked like scum and villianary... even the old ladies... Got on the flight and all was pretty smooth.... Long but smooth.. 12 hours to Singapore, then 6 Hours to Cairns via Darwin... Flying into cairns was amazing, I had a window seat and I was able to see the sun coming up over the horizon, that's when I got my first glimpse of Oz, and I think that's the point I started jumping up and down with excitement.... Going through customs and the sniffy dogs jumped Kerry, for a moment I thought ahhh Drug dealer.. But it turned out to be just an apple.. maybe had some drugs inside but who knows... Once past all that we walked out into the Cairns morning and it was hot... Jumped into a taxi and the driver was ace.. Really friendly Whilst driving us to our hostels he gave us a little bit of history of the place... Got thinking if this was a cabby in London/Brum picking you up from the airport you'd hardly get an hello... Short journey and I was at the hostel.. Walked in and again the staff were fantastic.. Friendly and helpful... Rooms cool and the place is ace....