Hopping along that same lane of memories

I did go to Cairns as well at the end of my travels in Australia. I'm still a bit miffed that the weather (not to mention my travel companion...) was so dismal during the trip, but I tried to make the most of it. I also heard from my mates that came a few days later that they had opened the famous Lagoon on the Esplanade day after I left. Well, at least they got to enjoy a little fun in the sun.

All in all, my Cairns trip could have gone better, but I did get to see a lot of the place even though it rained most of the time. I went to the Great Barrier Reef and saw little fishies in all the colours of the rainbow and a part of the coral reef, which I hope wasn't a typical part of the reef, because it looked quite sad and colourless (apart from the fishies). Anyway, that's one natural wonder I can cross off my bucket list of things to see before they disappear completely. And I'm glad I didn't puke on the ride to and from the reef, because the sea was really choppy (something like 1-2 metre high waves that day), many did. The crew was handing out barf bags left and right, it wasn't the nicest thing to witness. I'm also glad they had plenty of those bags.

Aaaaanyways, I'm trying to keep the jabber to a minimum, but the memories just keep flooding in, so excuse me if I'm rambling. You're more than welcome to skip ahead to the pretty (and ingeniously assembled) photos, of course. I walked around the place a lot too, the town isn't that big to begin with and pretty much everything was within walking distance. On one day I went up a mountainside to Kuranda in an old train and then around the tree tops of the rainforest in cable cars, that was fun. The photos don't do it justice, so I didn't put any of those here. If you ever go to Cairns, be sure to check the weather report before your flight, is all I'm saying. And now for something completely different: Photos!

I'm so freaking artistic, aren't I? These are just some random snaps of turtle statues and stuff.

An old cemetery in the middle of the town.

They were some choppy waters on the way to
the Great Barrier Reef, people were upchucking left and right.

Rainforest, I think it was in the Botanical Gardens.

Pretty flowers

The Kuranda railway went up a mountainside.
Who knew there were so many mountains in Australia?

Waterfall on the way up to Kuranda.