Hey everyone Today was packing day. With our flights changed and our departure from Australia now just hours away, we had some serious sorting out and packing to do. We did our best to run down our food supplies, and threw out lots of brochures that weren't worth keeping. We packed our bags super efficiently, so that we could fit in all the books we had accumulated in recent weeks. We took the books we had both read to the book exchange nearby (as in a real boo...

Hey everyone! Today we went to the Great Barrier Reef! Our day began early as we headed over to the harbour to board the catamaran which would take us out to the most beautiful areas of the reef. Naturally, the day trip started with tea (and muffins), and was followed by a briefing on our introductory dive. There was quite a lot to remember and Christina found it a bit scary, but exciting too. It took us 90 minutes to get out to the outer edge of the reef, whe...

Hey everyone Today we went to Kuranda! We thought we deserved a nice day out amongst the boring days of job hunting, so we decided to go to the rainforest village of Kuranda. To get there we went on the Skyrail, which stretched out for several miles just above the rainforest below. Christina was a little 'concerned' on the skyrail, especially whenever the cables made strange noises above us. The views were amazing though, as we slowly went up and over a mountai...

Hey everyone Today we went to Cairns! Since we spent lots of our time in Cairns just job hunting (and then reading when we realised we weren't going to get jobs), each day doesn't need its own blog entry. However, two days definitely do: our trip to Kuranda, and our day out on the Great Barrier Reef. But this entry is just to explain what else we got up to while in Cairns. There wasn't a lot to do in Cairns aside from wander around the nice lagoon (built becau...