Today we got up early and packed our stuff up ready to head back to Cairns. We had our breakfast and waited outside for the van which was picking us up at 10.30. The guy didn’t turn up until nearly twelve which was slightly vexing but never mind. In the mean time we made friends with a couple from London who had travelled Perth, Alice Springs, Melbourne, Sydney, Cape Trib and Port Douglas all in three weeks. Anyway, the van arrived and the source of the delay became immediately obvious. Our driver shouldn’t have been allowed to drive a golf buggy, let alone an 8 seater bus up one of the most treacherous roads in Australia. The guy drove at a steady 45kmph in a 100kmph zone and seemed reluctant to use any gear other than third or forth. He also didn’t seem to be used to the handbrake and its uses. We passed one of his fellow drivers who stood and took the piss out of him as he burnt the clutch like a first lesson learner. It took a long time to reach Cairns.
Nevertheless, we got here in the end and it was quite nice to be back in touch with people! Our hotel is nice, it’s like a motel but the room is nicely decorated and clean, and for some reason we’ve been given a family room so it’s nice and big. This evening we moseyed into town and looked around all the shops. We stopped for tea at this nice coffee/tea place which made me very happy as it had a proper selection of teas; not just your standard breakfast/earl grey. Mark was very happy to find a Rip Curl and a Billabong shop and has two new shirts (and they’re not white!!) which are very nice. For dinner we just went to the Italian next to the hotel which was doing a buffet for £10 a head – suited us down to the ground as we just spent $500 on trips for the week. We’ve booked trips to Kuranda and to the reef so that’ll be good. Otherwise not much to report today.
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Hiya Babs n Hun. Sounds like the intrepid duo have had a busy few days; treking, boating, stuffing your fices, taking piccies of critters and star gazing... what a life.
ReplyDeleteI like your snaps on Ficebook. Great one of you two on the kayak and the arty-farty vista one in the scary jungle. Looking forward to your elephant and zebra pics.
Good job you managed to shake off that Stewie shonk,( Aussie slang fir shady character). He sounds like the sort of bloke Big Phil would hang around with. Never trust a geeza with no wandies in his hoose or for that matter a bald petrol pump attendant. Granny would certainly be mortified and would never approve.
Anyway, keep up the good work on your blog fings and have fun at the Karunda tomorrow. Hold on tight Hun, it's a bit of a sidewinder.
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