We are in Cairns (pronounced cans) , got in yesterday......checked into our hotel ( they upgrated us to a suite..yah!!). We basically just walked around the city, we had dinner at a japanese resturant (very good) there is a big japanese influence here. This morning we woke very earily for our big snorkling trip.
Kyle here now...greta does not like talking
Anyway our trip to the barrier reef was nice, huge amounts of coral everywhere. they took us to a tiny tiny cay just sand( image a big back yard) then we walk into the water and off we went. Next we went to the Wonder Wall, which was a huge coral formation that just dropped off into the deep blue sea. Was very nice but no sharks or turtles...we really wanted to see turtles.
Tomorrow we are off to Uluru or Ayers Rock, it is like 110 degrees there. Give you guys more next time...
kyle out
ok ........so the trip to the barrier reef wasent just "nice" it was fantastic...kyles just spoiled.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Saturday, October 6, 2007
getting you all caught up
Hey everyone....sorry it has been really long since our last post but we have been really busy. Let see last we left off we were heading to New Zealand. We had a great time in NZ. Our first stop was Auckland. Auckland is a big city with some much to do and all we had was a day. We walk around and shared a view atop the Skytower in the city center, next we visited an aquarium...before heading to a brewery pub and getting toasted...(do to the pouring rain).
Christchurch was our next stop and it was Greta and mines favorite stop in NZ. We walk all through the city the had beautiful gardens and a river that dissected the city.
Dunedin was our next stop and turned out to be our last stop til Sydney due to weather. Not to much to say other than I went sea kayaking...which was cool saw a huge sea lion that swam up to us. After we left we hit a massive storm that cancelled our scenic cruise through Milford Sound. It was horrible shit flying everywhere on the boat...greta thought we were going to die. Anyway the Tasman sea which separates NZ and Australia is notorious for rough rought seas. Sydney awaited!!!
We awoke at 5am to our ship passing under the Harbour Bridge with a perfect view of the Sydney Opera House...it was like a dream finally we were in Australia....After some goodbye to friends we were off and ready to explore and wow did we do alot of sight seeing and walking. Greta got blisters. We saw the Opera house, walked across the Harbour bridge, partyed in the Rocks, strolled through Darling Harbour, went to the zoo to learn about aussie animals and eat and drank alot. Our hotel the Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel was quaint little B&B in a great location...block away from views of opera house and bridge. Plus there beer "3 Sheets" was the best beer on the trip so far and a much improvement from the average beers in NZ and Aussie.
We left Sydney yesterday for the Whitsunday Islands in the great barrier reef and wow our resort Hamilton Island is fantastic. We spent the day today snorkelling and lounging on the beach...the world famous Whitehaven Beach (commonly voted as the #1 beach in the WORLD!!) the sand was like white powder and the water was crystal clear with mountain islands drapped in the back ground......GREAT
GOt to go i am hungry
Kyle out
Christchurch was our next stop and it was Greta and mines favorite stop in NZ. We walk all through the city the had beautiful gardens and a river that dissected the city.
Dunedin was our next stop and turned out to be our last stop til Sydney due to weather. Not to much to say other than I went sea kayaking...which was cool saw a huge sea lion that swam up to us. After we left we hit a massive storm that cancelled our scenic cruise through Milford Sound. It was horrible shit flying everywhere on the boat...greta thought we were going to die. Anyway the Tasman sea which separates NZ and Australia is notorious for rough rought seas. Sydney awaited!!!
We awoke at 5am to our ship passing under the Harbour Bridge with a perfect view of the Sydney Opera House...it was like a dream finally we were in Australia....After some goodbye to friends we were off and ready to explore and wow did we do alot of sight seeing and walking. Greta got blisters. We saw the Opera house, walked across the Harbour bridge, partyed in the Rocks, strolled through Darling Harbour, went to the zoo to learn about aussie animals and eat and drank alot. Our hotel the Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel was quaint little B&B in a great location...block away from views of opera house and bridge. Plus there beer "3 Sheets" was the best beer on the trip so far and a much improvement from the average beers in NZ and Aussie.
We left Sydney yesterday for the Whitsunday Islands in the great barrier reef and wow our resort Hamilton Island is fantastic. We spent the day today snorkelling and lounging on the beach...the world famous Whitehaven Beach (commonly voted as the #1 beach in the WORLD!!) the sand was like white powder and the water was crystal clear with mountain islands drapped in the back ground......GREAT
GOt to go i am hungry
Kyle out
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