Rain, rain and more rain. This meant one thing....shopping. With winter in NZ on its way we needed some warm clothes. An early morning bargain hunt was on in cairns due to another sleepless night. Our two German room mates thought at 4am it was ok to come in and have a conversation at over full volume, sit laughing and then sit waiting for their illegal room mate to make an appearance for an hour. At least we had had an early night so when we couldn't get back to...

It's a shame the Gilligans 'Resort' doesn't come with the clientele. This was clear when first of all, we had a random enter the room, throwing cereal at the people in bed (who were off on a trip at 6am). Matt can not stand 'travelers' who are just here to get paraletic every night - you can do that in England. The offender's face dropped when he got a face full of cereal in return and the death stare from Matt. The next incident occurred when Char was woken up a...

Checked into Gilligans Hostel or holiday resort as it appears, 4 floors, huge nightclub, swimming pool and a free meal when you buy a drink. Cairns is a must stop destination for travelers to reach the Great Barrier Reef and the rain forests, however in cairns itself there isn't much to do. So with the weather looking a bit cloudy what else would Char and Matt find to do apart from look stupid riding a tandem bike?! As people drove past they could not help bu...

Uncle Brian's Fun, Falls and Forest Adventures..... Our trip of the day definitely lived up to its name! Our faces hurt from laughing ALL day long! On booking this trip, we didn't really know what was involved! But wow.... What a fun, awesome day! On meeting our driver Sid we didn't not know how hilarious one guy could be. With his smooth Terry Wogan-esque commentary and super dry humour the day involved such jokes as referring to groups of aboriginals that we p...

Arriving in Cairns at 5:35am meant one thing.... A coffee in McDonald's while we sat amongst the freaks of the night! After a wander around the city, which we thought was much bigger than it actually is, we went to check out what tonight's activities had in store. FREE pizza! That's always a positive! After a failed attempt at a general knowledge quiz and two small slices of pizza we reunited ourselves with the Fraser Island gang (Joe, the Kate, Rachel and Mark)...