Australia

Oh Monkey Mia (Monkey Mia let me go …)

Posted on March 9, 2007 by rachp

Australia is big, Almost in the Canadian way of big. We flew 3 hours from Cairns to Sydney, then five hours to get to Perth. FIVE HOURS – on a domestic flight! This seems almost impossible, but as Dame Edna Everage once proclaimed: “ah yes, Perth! A mere six hours from anywhere else!” From the &hellip Continue reading »

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Great Barrier Blog

Posted on March 1, 2007 by rachp

Of course, the reason you go to Cairns is to ‘do’ the Great Barrier Reef. The reef, or more accurately series of reefs, stretch 2,000 kilometres along the north east of Australia, covering an area greater than the UK and Ireland put together. There are fringe reefs, ribbon reefs and patch reefs, with continental islands &hellip Continue reading »

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Cuddly Cairns

Posted on February 26, 2007 by rachp

So we find ourselves back near the equator, in tropical jungle, with all the humidity and heat, the rain and the baking sunshine. Its three hours of flying from Sydney to Cairns, though they’re both on the east coast, which goes some way to show just how big the country, nay the continent, of Australia &hellip Continue reading »