Saturday, we flew up north to Cairns to start our tropical stay in Queensland. It was so nice to get there and be warm finally! We checked into our hostel where we would be staying just one night, then went to walk around the town. Cairns was cute, with shops and restaurants on the main strip and tons of people laying out in the grass in the city center. Cairns doesn't have a beach, but is still a great town to go see and travel to surrounding beaches. We walked around and took pictures, ate a delicious dinner at an Italian restaurant, then walked back to the hostel to hang out. We were so exhausted from traveling so we went to bed early since we had to catch the bus to Port Douglas at 8am the next day.
Sunday, we woke up and went for a quick breakfast before catching the bus. Breakfast is becoming one of my favorite meals, with yummy eggs, australian bacon which taste like a mix between bacon and ham, toast, and most importantly tea! Then, we walked back to catch the bus. The lady at the front desk the day before said to be out front at 7:50-8am, as well as the receipt she wrote. So we got out there between then and sure enough, the new lady at the desk said he came at 7:45 and we weren't there so he left. She said that he said he might come back for us. Now this is the one time that the Australian no worries, casual attitude made us really anxious and nervous, especially Jes! Jes went and asked the lady every 5 minutes if he was coming back and she was being really rude so Jes gave up and we waited patiently, keeping our fingers crossed. Fifteen minutes later our bus showed up and he acted as if nothing ever happened so we hopped on for the hour and a half journey up the coast. The drive was very scenic and you could see the beaches and coast almost the whole way. We made a lot of stops to let people off at closer beaches and the last stop was ours at Port Douglas. It dropped us off right at our hostel, so we checked in, grabbed some brochures to look at, and walked into town to eat and talk about what tours we wanted to do. It took about 10 minutes to walk into town, but it was a nice relaxing walk with cute houses and beautiful plants and flowers. We found a cute coffee shop to sit and have morning tea to decide what we wanted to do for our next few days. We decided we definitely wanted to go snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef and that we would book that for Monday. After morning tea, we walked around Port Douglas and went to the beach for a little while to soak up some sun finally. The beach is called Four mile beach and it was gorgeous. It was the beginning of stinger season so they had nets up and you could only swim between them. We were finally in paradise! We hung out in town all day, grabbed dinner and a strongbow at a fish and chips place that was the cheapest we could find, and walked back to our hostel to unpack and get ready for our big day in the morning.
Sunday, we woke up and went for a quick breakfast before catching the bus. Breakfast is becoming one of my favorite meals, with yummy eggs, australian bacon which taste like a mix between bacon and ham, toast, and most importantly tea! Then, we walked back to catch the bus. The lady at the front desk the day before said to be out front at 7:50-8am, as well as the receipt she wrote. So we got out there between then and sure enough, the new lady at the desk said he came at 7:45 and we weren't there so he left. She said that he said he might come back for us. Now this is the one time that the Australian no worries, casual attitude made us really anxious and nervous, especially Jes! Jes went and asked the lady every 5 minutes if he was coming back and she was being really rude so Jes gave up and we waited patiently, keeping our fingers crossed. Fifteen minutes later our bus showed up and he acted as if nothing ever happened so we hopped on for the hour and a half journey up the coast. The drive was very scenic and you could see the beaches and coast almost the whole way. We made a lot of stops to let people off at closer beaches and the last stop was ours at Port Douglas. It dropped us off right at our hostel, so we checked in, grabbed some brochures to look at, and walked into town to eat and talk about what tours we wanted to do. It took about 10 minutes to walk into town, but it was a nice relaxing walk with cute houses and beautiful plants and flowers. We found a cute coffee shop to sit and have morning tea to decide what we wanted to do for our next few days. We decided we definitely wanted to go snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef and that we would book that for Monday. After morning tea, we walked around Port Douglas and went to the beach for a little while to soak up some sun finally. The beach is called Four mile beach and it was gorgeous. It was the beginning of stinger season so they had nets up and you could only swim between them. We were finally in paradise! We hung out in town all day, grabbed dinner and a strongbow at a fish and chips place that was the cheapest we could find, and walked back to our hostel to unpack and get ready for our big day in the morning.
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