Archive for the ‘Australia’ Category

An awesome day with the one and only Kitty Higgins

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

I missed out on Black Water Rafting in Waitomo, New Zealand, because I was a sissy and didn't want to get in the freezing cold water.  In Cairns I was not going to let cold water keep me from the fun this time. After 3 days of cruising around during the ...

I got to hold a koala!

Friday, June 13th, 2008

"Kuranda with train and skyrail" sounds appealing on it's own.  Exotic maybe.  My trusty travel advisor from Gilligan's Travel Store tells me it's a quaint town with lots of shops, cafes, activities with a sky rail that takes you over and through the rainforest and a scenic train ride that ...

How to make a hangover worse (the only edition…hopefully)

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Take a two and a half hour trail ride on a horse named Eeyore. Oh yeah, and you aren't allowed to take water with you on the ride.  Enjoy!

So we didn’t see a sea turtle…

Friday, June 13th, 2008

It's basic to say you can't come to Cairns without making a trip to see the Great Barrier Reef. As a certified diver, it's basic to say you can't come to Cairns without diving the Great Barrier Reef.  So being just that, I had to do it. It's been several years ...

Teaching an old dog new tricks

Monday, June 9th, 2008

When our black lab MaJiK was about seven years old and I was about twelve, I decided I wanted to teach her the command, "lay."  I went about this by having her sit in front of me, saying LAY and then pulling her front feet out from under her.  She was then ...

Fitzroy Island

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Fitzroy Island is a 45-minute ferry ride from Cairns.  Currently, no one lives there but sadly a resort is being built.  I say sadly because for me, at the moment, it would be cooler if it was left at "no one lives there," but I'm sure in the future I ...

We don’t need a tour guide

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Saturday morning Jocelyn and I got off to a bit of a late start since everyone with cars managed to disappear before we were dressed and ready to go. "We will have to make our own fun," is the decision while sitting at the bus station outside the dormitory where we ...

How to cure a hangover (Australian edition)

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Go to the beach and have a beer. Easy and inexpensive. (Pictured in this photo with Jocelyn Karpy- a friend from FSU who is studying in Cairns)

I’m not supposed to write about airports but…

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Walking off the plane in Cairns I'm reminded of vacations to the Bahamas. Getting off the plane, we walk down a flight of stairs and onto the runway.  The heat of the sun is a drastic change from the air conditioned cabin and the humidity is enough to make me stop mid-walk ...

WWK Light

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

-We went to see DJ A.M. play at Club 77 in King's Crossing- it was a pretty cool night spot- from the street you walked in the front door and went straight down a set of stairs into the club. All the girls dressed in 80's emo- I felt like ...