I have just spent the last four days on holiday in Cairns and the surrounding area.
During this time I saw, did, and ate:
Ate Crocodile, Emu, and Kangaroo
Ate Crocodile Curry
Went on the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway over the Barron Gorge to Kuranda
Bought Mango wine
Went on the Kuranda Scenic Railway back down the Barron Gorge
Climbed the Red and Blue Arrow Circuits behind Cairns and saw a wild Wallaby
Went on On The Wallaby tour into the Tablelands visiting a number of waterfalls, cycling about 15km and canoeing down a river where we saw Spiders, a Tree Kangaroo, Platypus, Turtles, and a whole lot of other cool wildlife.
Went hunting through a riverbed to find rocks that can be used for face painting.
Right now I am very tired to go into anymore details about the trip. However pictures speak a 1,000 words, so here are 21 photos to speak 21,000 words. (Click on a photo to see a larger version).
Auckland – Marsden Point – Whangarei – Doubtless Bay – Kaitaia – Auckland
710km+, 10+ hours driving.
And enough hills to test your stomach. Check out this section of State Highway One through the Mangamuka’s, brilliant way to test out your power steering.
I am a bit late in blogging this because I was away. But these were the conditions that I had to contend with when heading to the airport last Wednesday morning as a second large storm hit.
A bridge on SH17 between the Albany township and the Albany Tavern was underwater earlier today but reopened by 6.20am.
All lanes of Oteha Valley Road were flooded on the eastern side of the motorway but the road was passable, police said.
Got back from Wellington last night where I had been for a training seminar.
Firstly when I arrived at the Hotel in Wellington I was advised that I had been upgraded to a room with a balcony. Wow. This didn’t mean much to me as I was merely staying overnight and when I arrived it was already dark but it was still cool to be upgraded. I also enjoyed having breakfast delivered to the room being more cheap then actually going to the onsite restaurant for breakfast, both time saving and affordable. Despite the price being $170/night I would recommend Wellington Holiday Inn they provide a fantastic service.
My second change came when I went to fly back to Auckland last night. The flight that I was booked on was cancelled. At this news I was expecting a painful wait for a spare seat on another flight back. But instead big ups to Air New Zealand who managed to squeeze me onto another flight that departed 30mins earlier then my canceled flight. That is some fantastic service.
