After arriving back in Cairns Nadine and I checked into the "Corona" backpackers I booked in for two nights and Nadine booked in for 1 night as she was leaving the next morning to go south. The next day Nadine and I said our goodbyes and I was back to traveling on my own again. That evening I went to the "Woolshed" for dinner (as there was a voucher system that all the Cairns hostels used to give a Free dinner meal) As I was eating my dinner I started chatting...

The next day Julian and Enya said goodbye and Nadine and I decided to go to Kuranda together. Kuranda is a quaint little town near the Atherton tablelands set on a river in the bush. We took the bus from Cairns and after arriving and a short cab to the backpackers we stowed our gear away and went for a walk into town. When we got there Nadine noticed a flyer for a music festival for that afternoon so we decided to go check it out, not just for the music but al...

Nadine suggested we hire a car and go up to Cape Tribulation about an hour and a half north of Cairns. And so with two other Germans, Julian and Enya we set off north for a couple of days. On the way we stopped at Mossman Gorge and went for a beautiful walk through the rainforest there and then went for a swim in the natural rock pools. It was quite magical and I took lots of photos (see the albums "mossman Gorge" and "Cape Tribulation") Cape Tribulation is a...

A couple of Days after the Basket ball (See Cairns City Post) I had organised a trip on a yaht to the Great Barrier Reef to do soe diving (See photos under "Great Barrier Reef" Album). I had to arrive at the docks at 7:30 am and borded a beautiful large yaht with about 50 other people. The plan was to sail out to the Reef (About a 2 and a half hour trip directly east) and then ancor off a small reef where we could Snorkel and Dive for about 2 and a hal...

I moved in to the "Dreamtime" backpackers Which is a beautiful place that has won awards for its service, atmosphere and general all round Backpacker-ness. I fitted right in and found out that , that night a group was going to the national basketball game to cheer on the local team the "Cairns Taipans" so I paid my $20 and met a few of the other backpackers. One was a really nice German guy by the name of Jullian his english was just startin...