We made it to Cairns, Australia a couple of days ago. We're staying at a great little hostel called the Traveler's Oasis, and we feel very lucky because a lot of the hostels here are hostel/nightclub hybrids. On our first day we bought some groceries at the Sunday produce market. We tried dragonfruit and bought a few other things to cook during our stay in Cairns. The next day we went on a day trip to snorkel at the Great Barrier Reef, which was a lot of fun. We didn't rent an underwater camera to take pictures this time, so I don't have any shots from our trip. You'll have to take my word for it being beautiful. We swam with a couple of sea turtles too! After a full day of snorkeling around we got back to the hostel, had some dinner, and got some much-needed rest. The next day we decided to explore the small, touristy town of Cairns. It's sunny and about 90 degrees here, so it's quite a change from southern New Zealand and even Melbourne (where we're headed next). There's also a ton of bats in Cairns-- specifically
Spectacled Flying-foxes. They have a wingspan of up to 3 feet!! You can see them hanging upside down from the tropical trees even during the day. I know I shouldn't be scared of them because they only eat fruits and stuff, but they do scare me to death. Of course, Ry thinks they're 'awesome'. Our next stop is Melbourne where we're staying with my family...and no bats!
We made it to Cairns, Australia a couple of days ago. We're staying at a great little hostel called the Traveler's Oasis, and we feel very lucky because a lot of the hostels here are hostel/nightclub hybrids. On our first day we bought some groceries at the Sunday produce market. We tried dragonfruit and bought a few other things to cook during our stay in Cairns. The next day we went on a day trip to snorkel at the Great Barrier Reef, which was a lot of fun. We didn't rent an underwater camera to take pictures this time, so I don't have any shots from our trip. You'll have to take my word for it being beautiful. We swam with a couple of sea turtles too! After a full day of snorkeling around we got back to the hostel, had some dinner, and got some much-needed rest. The next day we decided to explore the small, touristy town of Cairns. It's sunny and about 90 degrees here, so it's quite a change from southern New Zealand and even Melbourne (where we're headed next). There's also a ton of bats in Cairns-- specifically Spectacled Flying-foxes. They have a wingspan of up to 3 feet!! You can see them hanging upside down from the tropical trees even during the day. I know I shouldn't be scared of them because they only eat fruits and stuff, but they do scare me to death. Of course, Ry thinks they're 'awesome'. Our next stop is Melbourne where we're staying with my family...and no bats!
3 comments:
Has anyone said , "g'day, mate! Let's put another shrimp on the barbay" to you yet?
Swimming with sea turtles sounds really sweet. Haha, I can see you ducking from the bats. Run into any red-beaked black swans yet?
Cliff diving and swimming with dolphins is just ridiculously awesome! Looks like you guys are having a blast. Even the food pics look perfect :) Hope the rest of your trip goes just as well!
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