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Hello All, Well we arrived at Global Backpackers on the day that I have been fit free for two years! Woohooo! So as soon as we had chosen our beds we headed out to a place called O'Brians for 5$ meal and drink! We had steak pie and chips, it was a really big meal! We bumped into Laura and Mitch! We walked to Gilligans and bumped into Matt who was on out trip to Fraser and went to the waterfront for a celebration drink to me, although we were really tired so headed back to hostel soon after!
The following day we went for a stroll to the Lagoon, it was not as good as the one in Airlie! We chilled there all morning but it was so hit so after our lunch we went fir a walk and found a cinema! We decided that on Tuesday we would see Skyfall the new bond film, so I was really lucky today as Lee let me watch the new Twilight film! I even managed to blag us two student tickets! It was such a good film! Later on at the hostel we booked our great Barrior Reef trip! It's our Christmas presents off family! We headed back to O'Brians for another 5$ meal but this time had a full roast dinner! It was sooooo good! Our first roast for three months!
Our next day started with good news, Lees best mate Fish had proposed to Leanne and she said yes! So straight away we ordered a congratulation moonpig card! We lay by the lagoon for a little while although it is so hot! We had lunch then went for a little afternoon nap! Woke up around 5 and after showers headed for another 5$ meal deal and drink, after skyping home we packed our bags ready for our Reef trip.
Up at 6.30am this morning ready for our trip. Although not the best start to the day, we went downstairs to the fridge to find someone had tried to open our food bag, ripped it a little and stollen two breaky bars and left it on side so our food went warm! Not a good start to the day! But we pit its behind us and walked to the ferry port! We set off around 8.20 had a talk about safety and medical information, then Lee went for a separate chat about diving! We had free tea and coffe and set sail for the first location! We hired stinger suits so I actually went in the sea, we both snorkelled and tool pictures on our rented underwater camera! Lee then went for his dive. He got suited up in scuba clothes and air then sat on the edge of the boat, they went under water a little to check he could use the hand signals properly before they went any deèper. They gradually went down 12 meters and swam in the Reef he saw so many different fish and corals (see pictures) for lunch we had a BBQ, bread and salad! I was feeling slightly sick but it passed later. Our next stop was around 15 minutes later, I got in the sea again so shocked! Lee went in first when I went on a glass bottom boat and then met Lee in the Reef for some more snorkelling and photos! When I was on the glass bottom boat I saw a small shark! After getting back in the boat he had more tea and coffee and cheese, we then got free glasses of goon on the way back! We were entertained by some guy called 'Elvis' he sung well and made us laugh! We finally got back about 4.30pm then went to hand in our camera. We had tea with Laura a girl in our hostel then went back to pick the photos up! We then headed to watch the Bond film 'Skyfall' a really good end to our fantastic day on the Reef!
The next morning we woke up after a really good sleep! We packed our things up and headed to our next hostel 'Reef Backpackers' it is only 13$ a night each so it wasn't brilliant but we get free breakfast and free meals at Gilligans! We went and bought a few supplies for food and chilled by the pool for a little while. That evening we went for our free meal of sausage and mash. We took a stroll around the night market and got an anklet! After a few drinks it was back to the hostel for a sleepless night as our roommate is aborning seriously loud!!!!!!
Our next day was our second Cairns trip 'tablelands and Waterfalls adventure' we had the cheesiest tour guide ever who kept saying 'okay guys, lets get out of here, no worries' hehe! Another early start of 6.45am. Our first stop was to Babinda Boulders and devils pool, we then headed to Josephine falls a beautiful 3 tired waterfall with a natural water slide! Our next stop was to Milla Milla falls, this is where they film the Herbal Essences adverts and Peter Andre filmed Mysterious Girl video! It was really pretty I did the head flick thing( look at picks) after swimming under the waterfall we headed for lunch! We had sandwhiches, wedges and beef pie! We had a look around Malanda saw some tiny turtles and tree kangaroo! We then took a trip to ' Fig Tree' a huge tree with all it's roots outside on top of the ground! Our crazy guide showed us a stinger tree that hurts for 6 months! We tried to stop and spot some platypus but we were unlucky and they were all hidden! Our final stop of the trip was to 'Lake Eacham' it used to be a volcano! The water was really deep up to 65 meters! That evening we met up with Laura and Mitch and had our free meal at Gilligans as well as lots of alcohol. It was ladies night so I got 5 glasses of free champagne and lee was buying cheap beer jugs! We headed back to the hostel when the alcohol hit us!
The next day started with a hangover and lee felt so rough he stayed in bed playing football manager!! I headed to the shops to post a letter but struggled walking in the hot sun! When I finally hit back we had some lunch then watched a movie in the tv room we watched the 'Bourne Legacy' that evening we just stayed in and had some pasta! Woohooo today was Christmas shopping day! Lee and I went our separate ways in the huge Cairns mall and bought each other presents! Mum also have me some money for a hair cut so I had that done! After three months my hair was rough! We then shopped and managed to get gift wrapping so neither of us saw our things! That afternoon I was feeling really rough I had to go back to the hostel and have a sleep! I felt a little better later on so we walked to get our free meal although it was the same as yesterday so we changed our minds and got beef pies and sweet potato for tea!
Our last full day in Cairns we were ready for a day in the sun, no hangover but it was raining!!! Grrrr!!??? So what did we do? What every traveller does on a rain day... Our washing!!!! That entertained us for a while, I also beat Lee once out for the 5 games of free pool we playedLee 7 balled me!!!! Then we went for a free BBQ at another hostel although it was only a sausage bread and salad! We strolled back to the hostel and watched a really bad film called Cypher, before heading for our last meal in Cairns.... A McDonald's!!!! We had an early night as our transfer bus to the airport is at 4.30AM!!!
That's all for Cairns!!! Sorry if it looks rushed I wrote it on my phone!
Next update will be Christmas and New Years in Sydney!
Love to you all,
Zoe and Lee xxx
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