Heading out on our overnight dive trip to the Great Barrier Reef. We’ll be back in a couple days. See you then! Andrea & Kirk

Everybody needs a break sometimes. So Kirk’s sore throat got a break with the antibiotics and we got a break from the busy touring of the last 10 days and took it slow today. Tomorrow, we’ll be getting up & out early to catch the boat that will take us out on the Great Barrier Reef, where we’ll spend the next 2 days/1 night. We’ll get you an update of the dives upon our return to Cairns! Until then … … Read More

With day 11 done I’m feeling much better now than when it started. Not a lot of photos for the day. But here they are. We won’t be posting a couple days since we’ll be out on the water. Expect lots of photos of sea-life when we return. See you then!

Today started off with a trip to the travel clinic downtown here in Cairns.  The doctor described  the back of my throat as “ferocious.”   He didn’t say too much otherwise and said I should be good to dive tomorrow since I can pop my ears.  If I’m not feeling up to the dive tomorrow, I’ll at least get another chance the next day.  But I was in and out in 10 minutes.  Leaving with a pack of antibiotics and a … Read More

Due to waking difficulties, this will be the smallest gallery to date.  Hope you like sugar.

Oh man.  That sore throat turned out to be a doosy.  I’ll spare you the details of last night.  It wasn’t fun.  Poor Andrea for having see me suffer.  And poor people in the next hotel room.  We could hear them coughing throughout the night.  I’m sure they got an earfull from my fun.  Sorry neighbors. For Andrea, it was 4 hours of driving to Cairns (pronounced “cans”).  For me, sleep.  So not too many photos for the gallery today.  … Read More

Today’s photos in the gallery are pretty much a perfect representation of what we got to see (over and over and over again). Enjoy!

Look left (photo)! That was our accident of the day (Day 8) – just before heading off to our 759 km drive up north! Lesson learned: when you forget to eat your ice cream after dinner and leave it in the fridge (ice shelf) over night), it will still be way to soft to be eaten the next morning. Hmmm. Great move getting it out of the car and away from us anyways. After this little incident, nothing else spectacular … Read More

Follow along our 622 km drive today, day #8!

Only 2 words for today (actually 3): Fraser Island and Driving. When I called the dive boat company this morning to reconfirm our 2-day trip for next week, I was told that we were the only 2 passengers for the 10-passenger boat for Tue/Wed, and unless 2 more would sign up, our boat would not leave. To ensure we get to go, we were offered to switch to the 3-day tour starting Monday – at the same price! Whoa, what … Read More