Australia Contiki Tour Ends!!

Today is the day we are making our way back to Cairns.  As we make our way back our bus driver is giving us a guided tour through the Cape Tribulation Rainforest.

Warning signs for people not to go in the water because of deadly jelly fish

Helpful Australian Map of the area

What do you think of the view? I seem to like it

My new Australian and Canadian friends, we picked them up in Cairns

Hiding in the oldest most twisted tree in the rainforest

On our way back to Cairns, we stopped in Port Douglas there were lots of shops to walk around as well as restaurants and cute little cafes.  Walked around and did some window shopping.  We had about 1.5 hours to kill until the bus was headed back to Cairns.

Once we headed back to Cairns everyone went their separate ways.  For dinner I walked down to the nightmarkets. After that, time to go to sleep gotta wake up at 3 am to go to the airport.

Time to Say Good Bye To Australia, I will miss you! Hopefully I will see you in the future.

Full Day White Water Rafting

Early start to get to our destination for the white water rafting activity.  Make sure you bring water resistant non slip sandals with you for this activity, otherwise the company makes you rent a pair.  When we got to our destination we were divided into groups of 6.

It just so happened, I didn't know there were any female instructors for this activity.  A woman walked up to me and started making conversation.  I asked her if she had ever white water rafted before, she responded yes.  I assumed she was a tourist like us, lol.  So I asked her if she knew who our instructor was, she looked at me and said, "I am your instructor." I laughed.  I felt so embarrassed.  Anyways we all put our equipment on and collected the paddles.  Once we got into the rafts the instructor went over all the safety instructions.

  

All smiles we didn't fall out of the raft

I got to sit at the front and get soaked through one of the rapids. This is me happy the I survived

Observing the slow people. We were ahead of everyone else

Going through a waterfall. Really we were all just taking a bath, if you know what I mean!!

The group celebrating our success

Well everyone, I can officially say I made it out alive without one scratch or bruise.  Hooray!!!

2 Day Farewell Dinner and After Drinks

Today most of the group is headed out to the Great Barrier Reef.  Sorry folks, unfortunately due to how rough I was warned the water would be heading out to the Reef, I opted out of going.  I decided to round up the leftover people that stayed behind and do some exploring in the town of Cairns.  Today was more of a free day.


After everyone got back from the Great Barrier Reef, we all got dressed up for our farewell dinner in Cairns.

We went to an Aborigine restaurant for our last meal together.  I tried kangaroo at this restaurant.  It tasted just like steak just cooked a little less than I would normally eat.  Above you see our tour guide making a speech, it brought tears to everyone's eyes. 

 

After the farewell dinner the tour guide took us to a local bar where everyone got crazy to music and danced!! Enjoy the photos. It was technically our last night of enjoyment with the whole group.

Local pub hotspot, pjobriens in Cairns