We decided to go back to Kuranda today after we had such a good time last week. Our favourite attraction of course was Bird World so we thought we would do it all again! So many birds and in a small area. We again had heaps of fun. This time we managed to get the Macaw to jump on our arm and take our food. The Macaw is big and looks scary but it is surprisingly gentle, even still its claws are sharp when it holds onto your arm. We spent ages in the exhibit and w...

We knew the weather wasn't going to be great today, it's been raining all day, so we decided to do something "inside". We went to the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Centre. It was really good and we all loved the tour. We started with face painting. They used the traditional painting they used on themselves and painted each person's face with different colours and designs. Olivier and Philippe did it, I managed to get out of it. J We then moved to the theatre whe...

Today we expected a wet day and it turned out not so bad. It rained lightly on and off. So our wet weather plan was to head to Cairns CBD and do some exploring. Thanks to the free CBD shuttle run by the caravan park we were soon in the city. Cairns is very much a tourist town, pretty laid back but still has a bit of a country town feel you expect of a coastal/rural town. We walked around and soon happened upon the art gallery. Holidays are a great way to discov...

We will miss Paronella Park. We left Paronella Park early morning to hunt down a wild Cassowary. Dad is pretty set on seeing a wild one. He spoke to people at Skywalk and they told him that they knew of some in Etty Bay which is not far away. We drove down to Etty Bay and we ran straight into one. It was a young bird and it was very interested in us. It looked friendly but Dad reminded us how dangerous the birds are. Our Lonely Planet book even reminded us to al...