Last day in Cairns

Today was our last day in Cairns. Yesterday as I mentioned we went on a catamaran cruise around the Great Barrier Reef and I did some snorkelling. The day before we went for a long cable car ride over to Kuranda - it was a nice trip with a few stops through the rainforest on the way. The vegetation reminded me a lot of the funicular trip up the Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro and the lush forest around it. Cairns itself reminds me of the East coast of Florida - it's quite a sprawling low-level city with the outskirts littered with car and boat dealerships, while there is a concentration of shops, restaurants and bars near the lagoon and the port downtown.

Tonight I'm about to go out to a bar with some of the others, but here are a few photos from the last few days. Make sure you read right to the end of this entry...

The tattoo I got tonight

One of the fish I caught today

Out at the Great Barrier Reef

Out on the first night

Kangaroos!

Me cuddling a Koala

Some crocs

Jason dislocating his jaw to eat a huge burger, Jon trying to avoid the shot

A waterfall up near Kuranda

On the way up to Kuranda

The lagoon in downtown Cairns


PS. The tattoo is a temporary 5 day one...but I'll bet I had a few of you shocked...

K