Cairns, Queensland day 2 Sun 16 May 2021

Cairns provides easy access to the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest and offers a multitude of activities such as helicopter flights, scuba diving, snorkelling, fishing, parasailing, viewing aquatic life and crocodile feeding. On occasions tourists are used for that last point, but disregarding that, usually it is the first place backpackers think of when planning …

Cairns, Queensland day 1 Sat 15 May 2021

With Australia closed to international tourism, but most state borders now "usually" open, there have been some great holiday package deals on offer, especially to Cairns in Queensland which is highly dependent on income from visitors. Some many weeks back Bill and I were tempted into booking one. Of course, Murphy's Law, we then had …

Random Thoughts While Locked in a Tin Can

Good comedians never laugh at their own jokes, but I confess looking back on this post from 2013 brought a smile to my dial. Emboldened with a new-found enthusiasm for blogging I went nowhere without being armed with notepad and pen, ready to jot down anything I observed. And we had such a long time …