Nightmare journey. The seats didn't recline very far and I ended up in a window seat next to a big fat aboriginal woman who squeezed two kids on her lap. She was dressed as if she was going to the Antarctic and at various stages I ended up being draped with kids and blankets. Hooray for Townsville. People got off and I moved to a new seat and eventually got some sleep.
Arrived in Cairns. Thank heavens for courtesy buses. No lugging the rucksack around after 2 hours sleep. Once safe in our 'cell' in Tracks Hos-tell we booked on a day trip to the Great Barrier Reef and a return journey to Kuranda on the scenic railway.
Wandered around town, nothing at Poste Restante, Oz got a haircut (or so he says) and I phoned Christy. She's moving out of her flat in order to save some money and (small world) her parents (Jeff and Sharon) are in Cairns this week.
We all crashed out for about 3 hours sleep and we were still experiencing bobbing up and down despite being back on dry land. The evening meal cost $3.50 plus free beer. Bargain.
2012
Tracks is apparently now called Asylum and is a big party hostel. I remember it for it's breeze block cells.
The first mention of Jeff and Sharon. The don't feature too heavily in this story of my trip round the world but they do feature heavily in my subsequent life with Christy. Jeff was brought up in Cairns. Which explains why he lives in Sydney !
Airlie Beach to Cairns - 623km
Total distance since Sydney - 2,913km (1,820miles)
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