Mission Beach On Saturday 24th Noevember it was time to leave Cairns, next stop was Mission Beach but on the way we were doing a spot of sight seeing! (well kind of!) We woke up early to catch our bus down to the Tully River to undertake our White Water Rafting! The river was a grade 4 - 5 and for those who are wondering what that means, grade 1 is like the River Thames in Oxford grade 6 is the highest grade of river being like Niagra Falls...ok, once I knew tha...

G'day Everyone. Cairns Tuesday 20th - Saturday 24th November. Arrived in Cairns from a long 14 hour journey from Thailand to almost being strip serached at the airport! I think they thought Mark was a criminal! Got picked up and taken to our first backpacker hostel...Koala Beach Resort. Bad idea...Bed Bugs galore! Once we discovered the little critters at 3 am in the morning, we decided to grab our bags and shift to another hostel called Gilligans, like a 5 ...