Ok - so we're into our third week now and this is our first contact. Pretty crap, I know, but we have been travelling at a rate of knots and have spent most of the time in the outback - no internet or where the internet was rubbish.
Where shall I start - I am bound to forget loads here but hey, I can fill you in along the way and when we get back.
We started in Cairns on the back of a Cyclone which meant th,e weather was a bit changeable - it was hot and humid and there were heavy showers on and off. The scenery was quite different to how I had thought it would be, as it has along the whole trip so far. My bag failed to turn up in Cairns so I spent 4 days walking around in the same clothes, but I had managed to pack some shorts and a T-shirt - Thanks Graeme for the advice.
We spent those 4 days acclimatising after hours of travelling and hunting around the hostel notice boards trying to find a car to travel down the coast in. After 3 days of hunting for a car and nearly being ripped of by a car dealer trying to sell us an illegal death trap for a small fortune, we got wise and looked at the local classifieds, which is where we found the Fresh Prince. A 1993 Ford Fairland. He smelt a bit funky and fresh hence the name, but he came with a 12 month guarantee, breakdown cover, was road legal but has a drink problem - he loves fuel.
On our last night in Cairns we meet some German and Australian guys in our dorm who were meeting some girls they had met on a diving trip and the asked us along, for a night in Cairns, as they knew their way about. They were wary of us English as they think we are all football hooligans, but they were soom calmed once we turned on our beer guzzling and quickly all got destroyed on the Aussie pop. We met loads of people that night and there were so many nationalities it was surreal. There were people form every corner of the globe and it reminded me of Ibiza - every one was so friendly and just up for a bloody good time. They had a gold fish race and they named them after famous people from the different nations - the American one - which got a big boo, was called George Fishy Bush! Mega!
The next day we headed out on the road upto the Daintree Forest after buying a load of camping gear for our first night of camping. When we saw the first beach we had to stop to take photo's and just get out for a stroll along it as it was amazing. The Daintree is one of the only places in the world where rainforest meets the beach. It was a moment for us realising what we were doing - we were blazing a trail and it started here!
From here we spent out first night camping along side a river - it was a bit scary as there were croc warning signs everywhere! We met some Germans - they are all over Australia in great numbers too.
The next day we found a secluded beach and had a nice swim and lunch - we were even brave enough to get naked and enjoy nature at its best - we later found out that it was croc breeding season as well as the season when we shouldn't be swimming because of the deadly stingers - box jelly fish!
From here we camped a few more times and headed inland to the outback to innot hot springs to spend a day or so experiencing the outback and also chill out in some natural hot springs. It was here that out pleasant neighbour said he'd fucking kill us if we stole any of his gear as his wife was scared that we were gonna rob them!
We again headed inland the next day to thre Undara national park where we visited the lava caves. We had a 2 hour tour which was long enough as there is only so much you can see from a cave! We atayed in the park that night which was in the middle of nowhere but we were getting used to all the noises at night now when walking through the bush at night. We also experienced our dearest drinks yet $13.50 for 2 beers! Australia is quite expensive - everything is a rip off unless its used by the locals.
I think I've gone on enough for now, I will try to catch up with our travels on the blog later this week and we will try upload some photo's too.
Oh yea - some comments from you guys on our blog and emails from you would be good too!
See ya & Keep it real!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
youuuu slaaaaaaaaaaaaaags!! i fly in 3 days, see you soon!!
Hi sounds like your getting used to living rough! Rob are you now fearless of spiders and bugs ??? x
Keep up the good work.
Post a Comment