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Our first flight was a 7hr 45minute journey with British airways to Sydney from Singapore... Unfortunately didn't get much sleep, even after a few courtesy white wines and vodka cokes! Then a quick transfer across Sydney airport... immigration let us in, G'DAY AUSTRALIA! Follwed by a 3hour flight upto Cairns on a Qantas plane... we both slept for the majority of this one! We finally arrived in Cairns :-D....
Got a shuttle bus to our hostel but couldn't check in until 4pm, so we dropped our big bags off in the kitchen area and went for a wander around town. We bought some lunch and tried some not so good aussie beer. We also purchased a book that is vital for us... CAMP6! Basically a bit directory of camp sites and rest areas throughout Australia. Along with our lonely planet, we hope these two books will safely guide us around this huge country, continent!! Whilst out and about we bought a mobile phone.... check us out!!! Not quite the iphone or blackberry! After checking into our hostel we received a free basic meal coupon to be used at a local pub called the Woolshed. It was very basic... Lucy had the tasteless spag bol, with Peter choosing the chilli. The thing was you HAD to purchase a drink.... these were not cheap! So its not really a FREE meal!!
The following morning we checked out and walked to the spaceship depot... 20 minute walk in the boiling hot sunshine!! After filling in all the paperwork and going through all the boring stuff we finally got our spaceship! His name is Sherbet (Mr Space Patrol)... he is a cool camper car and we love him.
After driving back into Cairns, trying to get use to Automatic transmission, we turned back to the depot.... Our electric wing mirrors didn't work!! The man basically said 'you'll just have to move them manually!!'
Next mission... shopping! We finally left woolies supermarket with all our food, drinks and essentials.... AND $95 out of pocket. Fridge and cooler bag filled up, tins and stuff stacked away.... let the road trip begin...............
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