Cairns isn’t a very nice place. Yesterday was pretty awful all around– it will suffice to say that service in Australia usually isn’t quite what it is in the States, but in Cairns it suffers incredibly from temporary workers servicing backpackers. Probably a maddening experience, but still not worth being explicitly rude for […]
Smart move to ditch “the Port,” as locals call it. I was definitely getting itchy feet, and it really had nothing to do with the shower floor in room 8 at the Parrotfish. (Just as an aside, the water shortage going on in Sydney is definitely NOT a problem here– the showers at […]
I should have just paid the money for DHL. At least the woman at the Post Office here is really nice. Things to note: a) “next day” express only applies between capital cities. b) registered mail with insurance can only be sent slowly. c) slowly means 8 days from melbourne to […]
I think that halfway is a good time to reflect a little. Sometimes I feel like I’m just narrating the parts of the day without writing much of myself and my thoughts into the picture. This won’t really correct that entirely, because the audience here is pretty wide, wider than is appropriate for […]
Hard to believe, but this is my second Tuesday here in Port Douglas. Today I went on a safari (although it was, as the Irish say, a bit of an OAP ride). We left from the hostel at 7:30am (ouch, especially since two drunk British chicks came into the room late last night […]
Yesterday I pretty much stayed inside until it got dark. The result is that this morning, my sunburn looks and feels much much better.
Last night in the hostel I met some cool Aussies from Cairns (Oryan, Jemma, a couple others but you know how bad I am with names). I’m waiting here in […]
I went diving yesterday. First, let me say that I had an awesome time. The HABA trip was nice because there were only 30 of us. Some of the bigger operations take 80-90 or more divers out at once. The American expat who runs the thing, Greg, is a terrific guy […]
Ahhhhh.
Now this is more like it. 80+ degrees, coconut trees (watch out!), and a super chilled-out little town north of Cairns. The man at Olembia was right on– everyone here has told me that my decision to come straight to Port Douglas from the Cairns airport was exactly right. I’m pretty psyched. […]
I’m sick. Rapid-fire travel, the fluctuations in temperature, having a few beers most nights, and not necessarily eating the most healthy foods possible. It catches up to you. So I really haven’t seen much of Melbourne. It’s a beautiful city with a LOT of construction projects going on. The Great […]
Quick synopsis of what’s happened in the last few days, since I’ve been a little lazy w/ the blog:
Wednesday was another lazy day. It was the 3rd day of bad weather, so I went around Nelson and did some shopping, read my book, and planned the next segment. Frank, Tim, and I met Jon, a […]