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Hey guys here is part 2 of our trek up the east coast and of course over to lovely Perth!!
So as we said at end of last blog we ended p staying in hervey bay for an extra 3 days to try and wait out the cyclone that was heading our way! I was actually quite pleased that we could rest up for a while and Jay didn't mind sleeping in till 2pm either!! That is literally all we did.. sleep and eat oh yeah we did go to a shark show,... it was this tiny little old building but they had a frizen great white shark so we had to go in and see that!! It was pretty interesting tho although did make me think I would never go in the sea again!!
Fronm hervey bay we headed up to airlie beach where you can go to white haven beach and the whitsunday islands.. however when we got there the forecast was thunderstorms for the next weekand not really having time to hang around for the weather to clear we decided to sack it off this time (an excuse to come back we thought) so we only spent one night at airlie before heading up to Magnetic Island.
Magnetic Island was pretty much the same as evrywhere else.. chilling out at the beach and having drinks in the evning.. the island was beautiful though and heading over there on the ferry it looked fantastic!!
On our second day we decided to hire some scooters/mopeds (however you spell it!) to cruise around the island. What a fun day.. it was absolutley boiling but having these little things to buzza round was soo cool!! We actually went from one side of the island to the other in about half n hour that's how small it was but we got to see some rock wallabys in the wild and some really cool spots.. plus race a little on the way around once i'd got a bit more confident. After the whole day of driving around this island it cost us $1 each for petrol..how carzy is that We also did a small walk to a lookout over all of teh bays which was quite spectacular.. having to walk through the forest where the sign had said "beware of death adders" that live here wasn't the most pleasing but luckily the only things we saw were a couple of lizards!!
So next morning we had to be up at a ridiculous time 5am!! as we needed to get the bus to the ferry terminal and then the ferry across to towmsville to catch our coach to take us upto Cairns!! All was going to plan until jay went to get our food from the kitchen to find that it diodn't open till 7am when we would be at Townsville already!! I can tell you we were distarught...all those spices all that food we were gutted!! Backpacking this is what it does to ya!!
Arrives in Carins to gorg sunshine again..was pretty kanckered but we went for a walk around the centre which is quite strange cos everything is all on ground level.. they do have some high risess but all of the shops and majority of rest/bars etc are only one level it looks like a old american town.. not that I have ever been to one but what I imagine.. Anyway we went down to the lagoon which is a pool/beach area by the sea (you can't swin in the sea cos of the jelly fish) so this was a really pleasant surprise. As we were off on our cape tribualtion trip early again the next morning we decided to have a quite night and went to the cinema! It however felt really weird.. after being in the cinema we felt like we should be jumping into our car and driving down the A40 back to our flat.. feeling kinda home sick at that point! :(
Next morning headed to cape tribulation.. few stops on the way tho!! First stop was at nature park where they had the usual koalas, lots of birds, few crocs but what we hadn't seen before little JOEYS in their mums pouch.. they were so cute their little legs sticking up over their heads must be so uncomfortable :)
Right sorry to stop short and cut it but we have been doing this and uploading pics for nearly 3 hours and apart from being starving im freeking bored so we'll finish it iff tomo we promise.. we'll update this blog and add pics for it but for now i think the others should keep u entertained.. nobody will prob even read this before we change it so why am i wasting my time... get off here nik get off here.. see your making me crazy!!!
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Hello people...we're back again as promised! So...where were we? Ah yes...we were at cape tribulation looking at some joeys! From the wildlife park we went over to mosman gorge which was really nice but absolutely freezing so we decided not to swim in it! Then it was onto the daintree river cruise where we spotted a few hungry looking crocs! was really cool to see although nicky wouldn't let go of my arm the whole ride...the little wuss!! That night we spent in a hostel the middle of the jungle with lots of spiders and creepy crawlies around....but we were told they're weren't dangerous...just huge! We wer also told that there are these rat kangaroos which may make their way into our rooms of they thought we had any food in there!!! So it was a great night sleep let me tell ya!! Next day was pretty chilled out...we decided to go for what we were told was a short walk along the beach upto another hostel...30mins later we were still going and guess who needed the toilet again.. not a good thing when we were in the middle of the forest!! Anyway another 1/2 hr later we found the hostel and a much needed drink! On the walk back it got even worse.. we thought even though we didn't get to the hostel by walking all the way along the beach we would be able to get back that way! OOps wrong choice... the big cape that kins seperated the two beaches was suppose to have a path going through it but we just couldn't find it.. then to add inslut to injury the heavens opened!! Anyway seen as though we have done 20k hikes etc what's a little cape... we started to climb the side of this thing..realising at the top you would have to be serious mountain climbers to get road the cpae.. not nik and Jay with only flipflops on carrying two packets of noodles for our tea!! Anway we finally got back down and decided we would have to walk the 30mins back to the hostel to then come back on oursleves on the road...typical!! Anyway luckily we found a friendly fisherman we pointed us in the direction of an opening in teh woods...:S we couldn't see it but what the heck!! Long story about a walk ay.. anyway we fianlly got back 2 hrs later with the guys laughing at us asking where the he** we had been!! Journey back to Cairns was pretty uneventful.. checked back in had a nice shower and then went to the lagoon for a bqq and a beer!! Got told off about the beer part as apparently you cant drink at the lagoon!! Next day we had our great barrier reef snorkelling trip! The boat was absolutley packed and luckily the sun was out again as the last couple of days it had been quite dodgy!! Our first stop was michaelis bay which was a beatiful little island in the middle of the reef. We snorkelled right off the beach which got rid of all the nerves nicky had about snorkelling. As you can see from the pics we looked SOO cool in our snorkelling gear!! Anyway the reef was gorgeous, so many different colours, textures, fish....and a big turtle!! WE were so close to the turtle, we could've actually touched it! Nicky was so excited she was actually chasing it which was probably not the best idea, but hey! It was so worth it! Nicky was so pleased that she did it! I did the second snorkel on my own as nicky didn't fancy getting in the middle of the ocean with no beach in sight...and we'd just seen a reef shark, which I told her was harmless but it kinda killed any chance of her getting in!! Anyway it was still really great fun and I even managed to see a nemo (there are really fish like that Julie!!!)!!! That evening we didn't really do much cause we had an early flight over to Perth the next morning! We just pottered about and just went out for tea! NExt day was pretty much taken up by our flight to Perth which was via melbourne! Soon as we got off the plane we saw that it was raining!!! Apparently that was the first bad day they've had since October!!! Typical!! We got to my friend Pedros flat about 7pm and were pretty knackerd! We just chilled out, had a good catch up! They're flat was gorgeous, just like melrose place with all the apartment balconies looking out onto the communal pool...was really nice...could see ourselves there...:) (sorry Julie/mum :) ) NExt morning, the weather was much better...as we expected! After breakfast on the balcony (thats the life!) we headed out to see a few sights in and around Perth....Kings park with great view of perth, Cottlesloe beach about 10mins away anf Freemantle which is a really cool town just outside perth with nice restaurants and bars along the river. We spent a few hours in the sun in "Freo" before heading back to Perth for a lovely bbq on Pedro and Carols balcony. Next day we spent the day at Swan valley touring all the vinyard around the area...it was a really beautiful place and a great day with perfect weather! That evening we headed over to Phils house in Mandurah and had another nice bbq waiting for us! :) Just can't get bored of them! We spent the whole week in Mandurah just chilling out and barely leaving their house! Mandurah is a really nice place....with beautiful canals and a really nice foreshore!! We did actually head over to serpentine falls and dam where we saw the cutest little penguin and some more wild kangaroos.. you actually cant get bored of seeing them... :) We also headed into Perth for the day with Terri (Phils daughter who is staying with them) and took her to the little creatures bar in freemantle! Thurs and Fri we actually did just stay at thier house chilling by the pool and eating not a bad life!! Was really sad to have to leave on Saturday morning but it has to be done :( Back in Sydeny again and we headed over to Darling Harbour yesterday which was really cool cos there wasa gree festival going on so it was heaving!! We pottered about for the day in the sun and then spent our evening uploading pics and writing our blog.. yes our whole eving nearly 4 hrs!! Great night!! Today we headed over to Glebe island and to Jubuille park for some more realxing and guess what we have done this evening.. yes you guessed it written our blog and uploading more pics.. we actually we have been here over 2 hrs now and our pics have failed to upload twice 3/4 of the way hrough so i think we'll be back tomo nite!! Tomorrow night we're going to see sydeny harbour at night and have a romantic stroll along the bridge ;) In the day we'll be out getting all the last bits sorted before we head over to bangkok on Weds. So I think that's all from us.. this blog is going to be so long... we will keep you all updated reg ularly from now on as we know how lame we have been.. Love you all lots and speak to you from cambodia probably as we will only be in bangkok 4 nights beofre heading straigh to siem reap in cambodia... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- comments