Saturday, June 2, 2012

Day 1 in Cairns


Well I know this is late, but technique issues seem to find us in Australia. So after we made our flight to Cairns, the first thing we did was go to the Tjapukai Cultural Centre to learn about the Aboriginal people. We saw some paintings and their meanings, how they believe the earth started, and dancing, and weapons. In the middle of the visit we learned how to throw a boom-a-rang and a spear! Needless to say, I was not meant to hunt with either one of those items. Lol. After we finished there, we made it to our hotel for the next two nights and then ate dinner at Tha Fish restaurant. I got a delicious Barrimundi, but others said they didn't like their food so much-like Katelyn with eyes still on her shrimp lol. Cairns is a very touristy city, so we went out to see what it was all about afterward. We found a bar called Giligan's which was HUGE! It had an outside part and an inside part with bands and a dance floor. The Shaake's even went out for a beer or two with us! We actually met two girls from Colorado who live there on work visas. It was interesting to see how that was for them.


We left rather late that night, for a short nap before heading to the Great Barrier Reef!

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