Final Day

As mentioned in the last entry, we did scuba diving and snorkeling. This meant that we had finally arrived in Cairns! our last stop.

The first two days, we were still with the tour. The first day we did the great barrier reef and the second day we went on an old train journey to the mountains. At the top we arrived in a village called Kurranda. This was a small place but had a few things to do, so me and Beth went to Koala World, which had koalas but also walabies, crocs and snakes. We had the chance to hug a koala so got a pic of that (see below).

That night we said our goodbyes to the people on the tour and checked into our hotel which we will be in till we fly out, this hotel is very nice and we have a room on the top floor, but I only think we got that because I paid in cash. Next I went to get the car, see a pic of it below.

That night we went in the car up north to a town called Port Douglas, here there was a street carnival on and fireworks, the carnival was fun but we almost missed it because no one knew what time it started and we needed food.

The next day we took the car and headed out to the northern beaches (as cairns has no beach). The tide was in on these beaches and they were empty but nice. We also saw a sign saying 'Danger.. Crocodiles in this area, posibility of attacks and death' But we did not notice this until we were leaving.

The following day we headed out on a drive up into the mountains past Kurranda and onto Marreba, there is nothing there, and even worse it was sunday and no shops were open. Although all was not lost as we saw some massive ant hills, the highlight of Barry's day (see pic below).

The next day we had to give the car back and so did some shopping first.

Today is the last day of our holiday, oh no. we just relaxed at the lagoon in carins which is a man made outdoor pool with some and on the banks and is so everyone can have a swim becuase there is no beach here.

See you all real soon. :(

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