15th Leaving Cairns and the Coral Towers. If anyone is in Cairns and wants a quality apartment go there it is on The Esplanade on the corner of McKenzie Road Sandy and Tony will look after you. Drove on up onto the Atherton Tablelands visiting Kurunda markets, the Coffee Works at Mareeba. Visited the Curtain Fig tree near Yungaburra. Stopped at the Kookabura Lodge motel. Meal out at the local Hotel (pub) before retiring to bed. 16th Brekkie on the verranda mo...

6th Up ready packed for onward journey to Cairns. To kill time wandered up Oxford Street to Tailors Square. Flight to Cairns took 3 hours. Hotel is in the middle of Cairns and is the oldest one in the town. Town centre very lively and noisy with all the backbackers. 7th Took a drive up the coast towards Port Douglas visiting the beaches on route where the sea and the rain forest join at the waters edge with some small sandy beaches. The area here is very hil...

3rd Lazy day, Rob's off diving with the Nurse Sharks. When Rob got back we all went down to Walsh Bay the other side of the Harbour Bridge to one of the jetty for a bit of fishing. 4th Into Circular Quay then a wander around the Rocks Craft Market, where we also took in a 70's street party to do with the protest in the 70's to stop the demolition and redevelopment of the Rocks. Went over the Sydney Harbour Bridge via Cahills Walk for some more views of the...

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28th Packed ready for the train journey back to Sydney. It was raining and 3 degrees C, a quick visit to the shops before saying our goodbyes to our cousin Sarah and her family. On the journey we saw rain, hail and snow, arriving back in the dry at Sydney.29thStart to find our way about Sydney first get a 7 day travel pass then a ride on the train to Circular Quays, then hopped on to the boat for a trip to Watsons Bay via Doubles Bay and Rose Bay, getting the bus...