Archives for 13 February 2007
Australian clothing - Lessons for beginners
Don’t bring socks. This is probably the most useless piece of clothing unless you spent all day in some corporate board room trying to buy Aussie companies. And I could even imagine some board members being bare-footed.
Forget about long trousers. At least in Queensland. Bus drivers? Short trousers. Policemen? Sure? Boat captains, sales persons, waiters? […]
Day 9 - Airlie Beach to Port Douglas (via Mackay and Cairns)
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So we decided not to drive to Cairns but take a plane. Smart decision. The plane we took travels up the eastern seaboard like a bus would in your home town. So we had a quick stopover in Townsville and then the plane went roughly parallel the Great Barrier Reef […]
Day 10 - Port Douglas and the Great Barrier Reef
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Today was the day of our snorkeling cruise. Frantically bought an underwater camera, which proved to be a really good thing. On the boat it was just five guests (Kristin and me, a couple from Sydney (Hi Phil and Mel) and some fellow from Toronto, Canada (Hi John). Really nice. […]