We first stopped off at Palm Cove, which i hadn't even heard of until we set off but it was so beautiful. It felt like we were in Thailand or somewhere and some of the pictures I took could be used on a post card it was so pretty.
We carried on up the coast until we got to Port Douglas. I've been thinking about going there next so I wanted to check it out. It was really lovely but we didn't see as much of it as I would've liked. Wednesday was the equivalent of our armed forces day back at home so all the Army and Navy boys were walking about in their uniforms and we caught a bit of the service while we were there.
We carried on up to Cape Tribulation which is about another hour away from where we were. This is where the rainforest meets the sea and some of the views were just amazing. I was freaking out walking through all the trees though as there were lots of strange noises and i was convinced a snake was going to jump out at me. I also saw my first spider, yuck!
We stopped to eat at a little cafe called masons. While we were there we spotted a sign that said there was a swimming hole there so we went to explore and ended up swimming in a river. it was so clear you could see all the fish but they stayed away from us. It took me a while to get in the water but as rach pointed out I had been swimming with fish 2 days before so it wasn't a big deal really.
I liked the rainforest but not sure I could stay up there for long as everything was so remote. you needed a car to get to everywhere and the thought of all the spiders and everything just made me cringe.
On the way back we decided to stop off at mossman gorge, which again was lovely. It was starting to get dark though so we didn't have as long there as we would've liked.
Rach was leaving today to start a new job so we decided to go out that night, plus it was Anzac day so we couldn't resist the temptation to see fit aussies in their uniforms ;)
the night started badly as we went to get some alcohol and all the shops were shut. Random fact about Oz, they don't sell alcohol in supermarkets here, you have to buy it from liquor stores. I find that so strange. Also, we went to buy some lemonade which was 2.89 on the shelf but rach spotted some in the fridge so we got that and when we got to the till it was $3.99!! they charged us $1.10 for it to be cold!! only in Oz.
It was so wierd when we got back because the night before there had been a big group of us but Ryan and Linn had left that day, Steph was off scuba diving and Louise had to work so there was only the 2 of us. We soon made friends with a big group of dutch guys though and had a sing along with them.
The night ended up being great, so much fun. We met some Aussie navy boys all dressed in their uniforms and we ended up drinking with the dutch guys on the esplanade until the early hours. I was so ill the next day. I blame Louise for making one of the navy boys buy me a jager bomb haha, such a bad influence.
I had some great news this morning, mister and miss Alex are coming to cairns tomorrow. I so can't wait to see them and give them both a big hug! I wasn't expecting to see them for a few months so it was a great surprise this morning.
We've also found a great deal on a bar crawl tomorrow night so another night out may be on the cards.
Louise is asking about a job for me in the bar she works at so fingers crossed that will work out. I'm happy in cairns so I wouldn't mind staying here a while longer and making some money,
Love to you all xxxx
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