Hi everyone, Arrived in 1770 at about 10am on Wednesday morning. Got a shuttle to the backpackers, which was very nice, one of the best we have stayed in. Dumped our stuff and then hit the beach. The east coast is definately about spending all your time on the beach. The beach was a short walk from our hostel and was lovely. Nice yellow sand and some waves to make the sea a bit more entertaining. A few surfers were out there to, giving us something to look at...

Hi everyone, Thursday Rose went to do her bungee jump and as Lydia hadn't arrived I had the day walking around Cairns taking photos. Rose came and met me at 3pm after surviving her jump and we both went to the airport to meet Lydia. We took Lyd and her rather large pink suitcase back to our hostel then went in search of some food. Walked along the espalade into town and found a nice bar and grill where we sat outside, ate, had a bottle of wine and caught up wit...

Hi everyone. We ended Monday evening by meeting up with Ollie, who we met on the South East Aisa tour. He has been working in Cairns for the past few months. We went down to the pier and found this lovely little fish restaurant, 'Tha Fish'. No expence sapared for Rose and I, we had the full 3 courses! It was gorgeous! Topped the evening off by taking some night photos along the espalade. Tuesday morning came around all too quickly and we were on the mini ...

Hi everyone, Well we have made it to Cairns just! Had a lovely send off last night, the chef came in expecially and cooked us a bbq on the new char grill bbq and we all got to have a last final meal together (bar the new girls, as they had to work) together. Paul was very complimentary about our wor, how we had played our part in the finishing of the project and how we would both be missed. Apparently we are part of only a small number of backpackers who have a...

Hi everyone, Well another chapter is shortly going to be closed. We have our last day here off so we can pack and get everything sorted to leave in the early hours of tomorrow morning. Time here has flown by we can;t believe we are packing our bags again so soon. This weekend was the big launch of the newely rennovated Hotel Australia. Friday was a big big night. The place was heaving you couldn't move, and its not a small place. There were 9 of us behind the...