Tag: tours-and-excursions
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Day 83: Cairns, Australia
April 19, 2023 — For the first time in several days, I woke up at a very decent hour — I would go so far as to say early, in fact — as I was going on Uncle Brian’s two-day Best of Both Worlds tour, which combines their Waterfalls tour with their day trip to…
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Day 80: Cairns, Australia
April 16, 2023 — Today was a day that I’d been looking forward to for quite some time. After changing the date a couple of times due to scheduling issues, today was finally the day of my Great Barrier Reef flyover with GSL Cairns. I got picked up outside the hostel, shuttled to the airport,…
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Day 68: Airlie Beach, Australia
April 4, 2023 — I woke to a beautiful sunny day, which also happened to be a day that I was simultaneously exhilarated for and dreading. When I was still home, I talked about planning to skydive while in Australia. When I got here, I hadn’t booked it yet because I wasn’t sure which company…
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Day 67: Airlie Beach / The Whitsundays
April 3, 2023 — We had another early-morning wake-up call at 6:00am, once again complete with Disney songs. I can remember hearing the theme from The Lion King and “Under the Sea” from The Little Mermaid. Such great morning songs. The day started out semi-gloomy. We had breakfast in the saloon and up on deck.…
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Day 66: Airlie Beach / The Whitsundays
April 2, 2023 — Our first full day on the boat. It was an early morning wake-up call, but I got a serious kick out of how they wake you up on this boat: Disney songs. It really put a smile on my face. The beautiful sky that we woke up to helped, too, and…
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Day 65: Airlie Beach / The Whitsundays
April 1, 2023 — A new month, a new adventure! I woke up at 8:00am feeling quite a bit better compared to the day before. I got out of bed at 8:30 and started gathering my stuff because I needed to check out that morning. I ate breakfast, took a shower, and organized everything before…
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Day 62: K’gari / Fraser Island
March 29, 2023 — Yet another later-morning wake-up. Even though we didn’t have to be up early, I have to say that the weather was a great impetus to get out of bed. The sun hit our side of the tents after it rose, and having it beat down on the canvas made it really…
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Day 61: K’gari / Fraser Island
March 28, 2023 — I really enjoyed the later mornings here on Fraser. We were all up shortly after seven a.m., but didn’t really have to go anywhere until nine. We got up, had coffee, got dressed, packed, had a breakfast of fry-up, then headed to the Champagne Pools. The Champagne Pools on the island…
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Day 60: K’gari / Fraser Island
March 27, 2023 — My alarm went off bright and early at 6:00am and after changing into my swimsuit, shorts, and a t-shirt, I headed to reception to check out, hand off my alcohol, stow my bags, and complete a small amount of extra paperwork. We separated into car groups and said hello to our…
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Day 58: Noosa, Australia
March 25, 2023 — This morning I headed out on an excursion to the Noosa Everglades! This is one of the extras that I was able to book because I was no longer snorkelling, and I was really glad that I did because it allowed me to see one of the only two defined Everglades…
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