Had breakfast then walked down to the quay side in darling harbour to get a ferry to Manly beach. Lovely going past the opera house and Sydney bridge lots to see. Got to Manly a lovely sAndy beach and good for surfing. Hired an umbrella and two deckchairs sat on the beach called Michael and Helen went in the sea for a swim the waves were quite rough. Walked back to ferry terminal got a couple of beers then the 230 ferry back to darling harbour. Had lunch in darli...

Got up early to catch a flight from the airport at 8 o’clock to Sydney arrived in Sydney around 12 and in our hotel the hotel at 1 o’clock checked in and then went down to darling harbour for a snack pizza and a couple of beers then got a ferry to central Quay had a walk round near the Opera house and Sydney bridge, Taxi back to darling harbour and had an evening meal by the harbour. Sydney time was one hour ahead of the time in Cairns. The temperature has sl...

Breakfast around 9 and left the hotel 9.45 first stop Hartleys crocodile park. Saw lots of animals and watched crocodiles being fed. Also went on a boat trip. Amazing how big the crocodiles get and how long they live for. Left around 1pm and drove to cairns had a walk along the seafront. There was a large open air public pool but it was raining little so didn’t swim, had lunch in rattle and hum then got in car to drive back to hotel. On the way home saw a load...

Up for breakfast at 7 a wide range of choices. Drove to kuranda for a train ride through the rain Forrest then a sky rail down. Also went to a butterfly Sanctuary and got to hold koalas and feed kangaroos. Such a lovely trip. Drove back to the resort Carl popped to the shops to buy shorts and flip flops then back to the hotel. Walked out the back of the hotel to the beach. It’s called four mile beach it’s so beautiful with sand but so sad you can’t swim in ...

Landed in cairns at 5.30am Austraila time which is 2 hours ahead of Bali. Managed to sleep a little on the plane. Bit of a bumpy ride coming down through the clouds. When we came though immigration had to go through border control to have bags scanned again ! All ok got through they are really strict with food etc coming in. Had a coffee and picked up our hire car. Only cost £93 for 3 days Bargin! And they gave us an upgrade to an SUV (4x4) Drove along the coa...