Got in at 5am last night after a great night, wouldnt have been too bad except we were picked up by our transfer at 7.20am this morning - ugh!  Got to the ferry port by 8am ready for the boat to Fitzroy Island.  Had a coffee and some food in an attempt to feel human again!An hours boat ride away from Cairns is Fitzroy island - a beautiful, uninhabited beach (well, theres holiday accommodation but noone lives there permanently) island.  We had ...

Went into Cairns town in the morning, then at about 2pm we were picked up to go white water rafting.  We went to the Tully river, about half an hours drive from our hostel.Was a glorious afternoon and the scenery was amazing, lots of high clifs and forrest - really lovely.  The rafting was great fun and our guide was really knowledgeable and told us lots of info about the area along the way.  It wasn't a hard course as the water level is l...

Arrived in Cairns at about 7am after an overnight flight from Singapore. We had a half hour stop over in Darwin at about 4am which was only so interesting, but they were showing 'Finding Nemo' on a demo tv which helped to pass the time, especially as i remember watching it over a year ago and really wanting to go to Australia cos it looked cool! Hehe. So was a good intro to our first stop on Australian soil. Our accommodation is really nice and has a pool,...