Tag: Cairns

The last chunk of my trip involved more boats, SCUBA diving, and some of the best fruit I’ve ever tasted.

Complete with hiking, swimming, and snakes, I was off from Cairns to Fitzroy Island!

Day 5

Today’s excursion was to Fitzroy Island! It was about a 45 minute ferry ride over from the Cairns marina. I came prepared with snacks, my swimmers, and all the sunscreen. My first activity was a hike around the Summit Hike trail. It was HOT. The island’s summit was 269 m up, and had the views to show for it. After the descent, I took my lunch up the “Secret Garden” trail and had my little smorgasbord in the shade. Then it was time to swim! I got suited and suncreened up, made my way to an area that was too reefy to access during the low tide, so I headed out to the other beach. I saw another snake! This was Northern Tree Snake, also a non-venomous specimen.

While snorkelling and swimming on Nudey Beach (it was a clothing required beach, don’t worry!), I spotted a Bluespotted ribbon tail ray, and gave it a wide berth because I didn’t want to end up with its venomous tail spines anywhere near me. Swimming at Fitzroy Island meant crocs were a non-issue, as they don’t venture far enough away from the mainland to make it out there. 

See you soon,

Kate

Day 4

Today was the second day of our tour, starting off with a quick but filling breakfast at the hostel we stayed at. Then we were off to feed some rock wallabies, and swoon over all the joeys.

Man I love FNQ. Day 3 had a GORGEOUS sunrise, then starting my Uncle Brian’s tour headed out towards the Atherton tablelands region.

And we’re back exploring the tablelands region of tropical Queensland!

Next trip! I spent a week in Cairns (pronounced like “cans”), which ended up being my celebratory excursion after receiving the amazing news that my school was going to sponsor my visa for my stay to be extended in Australia. Now, the trip was booked prior, but I found out a couple days before my good news, so I was riding that high the whole time.