Anybody live in or been to Cairns? - Page 3

DJR David · 29-09-2012, 08:42 PM

There is also a gorgeous white XP (?) ute getting around as well. Saw it the other week at Cairns Central with bloody P plates on it.....

**Jastel** · 29-09-2012, 09:46 PM

You get what you are given from rental car agencies during the school holidays...they are short of wheels atm.

Next week they will be trucking them back south.

Auslandau · 30-09-2012, 07:57 AM

Went to the Blue Moon last night. Very nice dinner and for the quality, very good pricing! Nice to be served by locals rather than backpackers for a change

Passed an AU with cobra stripes and body kit last night. Put some effort I to that one! Apart from that, lots of commo's and not many V8. Pr ably because of the higher rego here?

marcyeo · 30-09-2012, 01:33 PM

So what's next?

blueoval · 30-09-2012, 03:40 PM

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So what's next?

Go to the blue moon grill for breakfast

Auslandau · 30-09-2012, 07:48 PM

What's next? Home time early tomorrow :(.

Drove through to Atherton today then down to Mission Beach and sat there till late. Great beach and not many people! Just got back now to cairns and out for tea on the esplanade again ...... So the Mrs can do some market shopping before home time. And that's it! Been agreat 5 days. Little bit burnt but least now not pasty white as when I arrived! Great place and you blokes above who live here or near are very privileged

**GasoLane** · 17-10-2012, 04:55 PM

Well after checking the Weather for the next week I see the Landau lair hasn't used up all the good stuff.

Having put 6000k's on the Barge in the last 2 weeks with 2 trips to Hervey Bay (I was halfway to Cairns, I should've kept going and save the plane fare!) I really need a holiday now.

LG17 · 17-10-2012, 05:44 PM

Yeah weather is pretty good at the moment.

XR6_661 · 17-10-2012, 09:51 PM

Smithfield Tavern for a steak. Stay at Cairns Beach Resort Holloways Beach (Tell them Hal sent you)

Go to green ant cantina and try the death wings and suck in the atmosphere.

Go watch the cane toad racing in Pt Douglas.

Trek 3km for a swim at Behana Gorge

Loads of things....

LG17 · 17-10-2012, 09:58 PM

Geez - the death wings!
You'd be game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Steak also at the Balaclava or Grafton, better still the Northerner Steakhouse.

Go and sit at Mondo's and take everything in.

Auslandau · 17-10-2012, 10:17 PM

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Yeah weather is pretty good at the moment.

At the moment ....... next week apparently is Monsoon season!

Can't believe (I can really) how bloody cold Melbourne is. It is coming onto November and still getting 15 deg days :( Might just move to Mission beach and be done with it!

Highlights ..... Mrs liked the Skyrail but if you do it, just as a suggestion by the girl who booked it at our place of stay, do the train up and skyrail back. You get the good effect of coming over the hill into Cairns. I enjoyed it but not into heights actually. 3 rungs on a ladder is enough.

I enjoyed Mossman Gorge. The walk was great, pelted down but was a great place to be if you like rain forestry type stuff. Glad we didn't stay at Port Douglas as we nearly did. I could not believe how busy the place was. Mayhem and very very Sorrento! Don't know if its like that all the time. Will stay at Palm Cove next time .......

Also really enjoyed the run to Atherton through the hills and then down to Mission Beach. Great drive and would have been soooooo much more enjoyable than the Camry. GOD those things can scream ..... don't you love hire cars!

Passed (going the other way ... as if I would pass one in a Camry) a white GT335. Made me disappointed didn't have mine but a most enjoyable drive. Watched the platypuss's (platypusie ? ) and watched a tree Kangaroo .... bit of a hoot to spot those.

Food is good and very reasonable! Didn't have a bad one ..... Tha Fish at the Marina I was very impressed with. Really great Seafood paella! Best I have had.

Green Island? GREAT for the 'Asian' tourist ...... all 6,000 of them (not that many .... few less) Enjoyed it though but not the place for anyone wanting to do any serious snorkeling or a 'real' barrier reef experience .... or the quiet island stuff. Take the boat to the outer reef and see the real stuff without the hoards. Was a good introduction though and enjoyed the day. Food expensive ..... take some with you!

Weather was perfect 1 day ..... ****ing the next .... perfect the next ..... but the temp didn't falter and no complaints at all

Enjoy Rog!

XRDeeze · 17-10-2012, 10:19 PM

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Went to the Blue Moon last night. Very nice dinner and for the quality, very good pricing! Nice to be served by locals rather than backpackers for a change[I]

well Cairns nickname is... spot the aussie

Auslandau · 17-10-2012, 10:41 PM

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well Cairns nickname is... spot the aussie

When we were at out motel booking the Skyrail thingy at the desk the girl said they were expecting 75 rooms full of Chinese for the night .... 150 plus of em. Noisy lot must say but didn't bother us as we didn't hang around much.

Every waiter does seem to have a thick English/Irish accent ...... Lot of Vics around too ...

marcyeo · 18-10-2012, 07:12 AM

Yeah Green Island resort's owned by Chinese so they're obviously reaching out to the Asian countries - Hong Kong, China, Taiwan etc ... hence the million chinese out there...

XR6_661 · 18-10-2012, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by LG17

Geez - the death wings!
You'd be game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Steak also at the Balaclava or Grafton, better still the Northerner Steakhouse.

Go and sit at Mondo's and take everything in.

+1 for Mondo's. Great vibe!

hahaha the death wings. Me and the boys from work went there for my send off. We all ended up out the front chundering our guts up. Only one made it.

Cheese3 · 18-10-2012, 02:24 PM

Well me n about 10 mates are heading to cairns for NYE for a week , i soooo can't wait . . . staying at gilligans ! lets just say it will be messy !

blueoval · 18-10-2012, 03:16 PM

I went and saw that big tree also Auslandau. It looks bigger in real life than the photo suggests.

LG17 · 18-10-2012, 03:26 PM

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Well me n about 10 mates are heading to cairns for NYE for a week , i soooo can't wait . . . staying at gilligans ! lets just say it will be messy !

Gilligans is always messy!

Just make sure you have plenty of "raincoats!"

Auslandau · 18-10-2012, 05:42 PM

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I went and saw that big tree also Auslandau. It looks bigger in real life than the photo suggests.

Couldn't get it all in the photo! Amazing! Love driving along, seeing a sign "Tree" and just going for a sticky and finding these things. Was really quiet ....... then a bus turned up .......

**GasoLane** · 18-10-2012, 05:45 PM

Sooooooo, along with the Platypusususes whereabouts is the Tree?

blueoval · 18-10-2012, 05:56 PM

I thought it was just out of Atherton from memory?

marcyeo · 18-10-2012, 06:07 PM

It's the Curtain Fig Tree, just out of Yungaburra on the way up the Gillies Range towards Atherton along Fig Tree road .. can't miss the signs..

blueoval · 18-10-2012, 06:09 PM

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It's the Curtain Fig Tree, just out of Yungaburra on the way up the Gillies Range towards Atherton along Fig Tree road .. can't miss the signs..

that's the one. Cheers.

One thing I could never forget and my mates couldnt help but laugh about Atherton was the local commercial on tv for the Crystal Caves. Crack a Geode...

(the locals would know what Im talking about)

Auslandau · 18-10-2012, 06:10 PM

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Sooooooo, along with the Platypusususes whereabouts is the Tree?

The Paltypuseye are actually only 10 minute drive from this tree!!!

**GasoLane** · 18-10-2012, 06:11 PM

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It's the Curtain Fig Tree, just out of Yungaburra on the way up the Gillies Range towards Atherton along Fig Tree road .. can't miss the signs..

Thank you, by the time Auslandau got around to replying I would have been up there and come home again!

(I think his grey cells are still getting used to the cold again:-))

Auslandau · 18-10-2012, 06:15 PM

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It's the Curtain Fig Tree, just out of Yungaburra on the way up the Gillies Range towards Atherton along Fig Tree road .. can't miss the signs..

To be serious for 1 moment .......

The Platypussies are at Yungaburra on the way to the Tree towards Atherton as said by Marcyeo. There is a bridge there and a sign that says Platypussususus viewing platform ..... we thought, we being the wonderful tourists we are, would have a sticky .... and low and behold there are actually Platypie in the river under the bridge! Was a little thrilled. Little buggers they are.

blueoval · 18-10-2012, 06:16 PM

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To be serious for 1 moment .......

The Platypussies are at Yungaburra on the way to the Tree towards Atherton as said by Marcyeo. There is a bridge there and a sign that says Platypussususus viewing platform ..... we thought, we being the wonderful tourists we are, would have a sticky .... and low and behold there are actually Platypie in the river under the bridge! Was a little thrilled. Little buggers they are.

geez, I crossed that bridge and thought it was just some kind of indigenous art monument, so we moved on. Dam I should have stopped. never seen a platypuses in the wild before!!!

**GasoLane** · 18-10-2012, 06:17 PM

Thanks Dave, looks like I'd better buy The Dragon Lady another memory card for the camera.

Auslandau · 18-10-2012, 06:22 PM

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geez, I crossed that bridge and thought it was just some kind of indigenous art monument, so we moved on. Dam I should have stopped. never seen a platypuses in the wild before!!!

..... Its the brown blob! Their were 3 ..... or 2 moving around fast. Hard to get a pic of them but watched them for a while.

blueoval · 18-10-2012, 06:24 PM

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..... Its the brown blob! Their were 3 ..... or 2 moving around fast. Hard to get a pic of them but watched them for a while.

image

you sure you didnt do a poo in the river and take a photo of it for show and tell?