The Adventure of a Lifetime!
Dates of Travel:
4 - 8 April: Melbourne
8 - 11 April: Sydney
11 - 17 April: Brisbane
17 - 22 April: Cairns
22 - 30 April: Gold Coast
Doing the Aussie East Coast! |
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Cairns
Spaceship Campervan
Our home for the next 6 days |
We rented another Spaceship in Cairns after our wonderful experience in New Zealand. Check out this link on some tips and why I choose the Spaceship Campervan in New Zealand!
Rainforestation Nature Park
Address: 1030 Kennedy Hwy, Kuranda QLD 4881, Australia
Tel: +61 7 4093 9033
Opening Hours: 9 am - 4 pm
Tickets: Big Nature Package (includes Koala & Wildlife Park, Pamagirri Aboriginal Experience and Army Duck Rainforest Tour) - Adult - $47, Child - $23.50
Website: http://www.rainforest.com.au/
Explore Australia's World Heritage-listed tropical rainforest at the Rainforestation Nature Park in Kuranda. The park is set on 100 acres (40 hectares) of pristine rainforest within five minutes of Kuranda village, accessible from Cairns by road or by the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway or the Kuranda Scenic Railway.
Learning how to throw a boomerang |
This is the Pamagirri Aboriginal Experience! Get an insight into the world's longest-living culture, that of the Australian Aborigines. Hear the Dreamtime stories, watch a corroboree (traditional dance) performance and learn how to throw a boomerang or play the didgeridoo.
Army Duck!! |
There’s no better way to see the rainforest than in an Army Duck. This all-terrain, amphibious World War II Army Duck will have you driving down dirt tracks and cruising the waterways. As you traverse part of the property on your unforgettable 45-minute rainforest tour, the knowledgeable guide will point out and explain the native flora and fauna. If you're lucky, he will point out humongous spiders and cute turtles to you!
Take a walk with the keepers along the boardwalks at the Koala and Wildlife Park for a close-up view of Australia's unique native animals. See crocodiles, wallabies and the shy cassowary foraging for food. You can have your picture taken holding a cuddly koala or even a small crocodile at an additional cost!
Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Queensland in northeastern Australia, is the largest living thing on Earth, and even visible from outer space. The 2,300km-long ecosystem comprises thousands of reefs and hundreds of islands made of over 600 types of hard and soft coral. It's home to countless species of colourful fish, molluscs and starfish, plus turtles, dolphins and sharks.
We booked a total of 3 dives. All snorkelers and divers will have to board the same boat and they will seat you differently for different briefings.
at the reef |
lunch! |
Buffet lunch was provided and it was scrumptious! I went all out with coffee, pasta, ham etc, and since G was quite sick he couldn't finish his food. So I helped! *pig icon*
duving gear |
It was quite different diving in Australia and South East Asia as you had to gear on and off yourself (naturally, please do not expect too much) and in SEA, there's boatmen who will help you gear on and off! They will even wear your flippers for you. It was also perhaps due to the shear number of divers.
so beautiful |
last photo before we dock |
Milla Milla Falls
Address: Millaa Falls Rd, Millaa Millaa QLD 4886, Australiaroad to milla milla |
beautiful scenery! |
milla milla falls |
So we had a wonderful lunch of scones and tea and headed back to the falls once the rain stopped. However, to our disappointment, it started raining as soon as we arrived! We decided to just brave the cold and go for it since we were tired of waiting.
us and milla milla falls |
Platypus Park
The Australian Platypus Park is home to a thriving platypus population. These wonderful creatures can be found in a spring fed pond surrounded by lush tropical vegetation.
still raining! |
Platypus pons |
Gallo Dairyland
Address: Atherton Malanda Rd & E Barron Rd, East Barron QLD 4883, Australia
Phone: +61 7 4095 2388
Website: http://gallodairyland.com.au/
Hours: 9:30AM – 4:30PM
Gallo Dairyland |
Chocolates! |
cheese platter |
Turkey |
animal nursery |
my new cow friend |
Curtain Fig Tree
trail around the curtain fig tree |
The fig tree is from the strangler fig species Fichus virens. The curtain effect results from one tree leaning against another tree on a 45-degree angle. The strangler vine then grew along the oblique angle of the leaning tree, dangling 15 metres to the ground to create the curtain affect
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Aussie East Coast Series:
Gold Coast
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