...Farewell Cairns. Aboriginal Art. Peter Lik Gallery... I had a very Cinderella moment and left Cairns just after midnight to start my journey down the East Coast. Its quite exciting to be moving on although I have got used to Cairns being a bit of a base for me now and I've met some pretty cool people here. The last few days I've just been chilling out and sorting my stuff out for the next part of my travels. Managed to catch up with Helen this week and been...

...Scuba Diving on the Great Barrier Reef... I'm now a certified Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver. After an intense five days I passed both my Open Water and Advanced courses and had an absolutely amazing time. Initially I spent two days in the pool learning skills and then had class room sessions where we had to take tests. Then on the third day we headed out to sea and stay on the liveaboard boat out in the big wide expanse of the Great Barrier Reef which was...

...Keeping fit. Night Market. Aboriginal Art: Miss Kooladoo. PJ O'Briens... For the past few days I've been on a bit of a health kick and keep fit frenzy. A healthy lifestyle is really encouraged here in Australia and they provide free facilities to the community to make it accessible for everyone. Along the Esplanade they have keep fit points where you can do sit ups, chin ups, etc as stop off points on your run. I've also participated in a couple of the fre...

...Welcome to the land of Oz. Familiar faces Helen & Yeshim. First backpacker hostel experience. Carnie Kelly. Exploring Cairns nightlife... I arrived safely in Cairns on Friday the 13th. I can't actually believe I'm here its absolutely amazing. Been a pretty busy week of getting my bearings and catching up with people from home. Firstly, saw Helen and stayed with her for a little while at Holloways Beach and later on in the week caught up with Yeshim, whic...