CAIRNS

Sorry I haven't updated in awhile.
We have left Sydney after another week of fun after OzIntro, which included a beatiful coastal walk which you have seen pics of. It was about a 2 hour walk from Coogee to Bondi beach and the scenery was just breathtaking. There was this huge graveyard right on the sea that just went on for miles it was incredible.

So now we are currenlty in the beautiful Sunny city of Cairns up the east coast of Austrlaia. We are staying at this placed called Gilligans which is like a backpackers resort for $25 per night. It's nice each room has a balcony and its own bathroom so its very comfortable.
We have just been out exploring. There actually is not much to do in Cairns but lay and suntan by the pool at the hostel or else the man made lagoon they have created. We can't swim in the actual ocean there b/c there are Crocs in those waters. The lagoon is nice though it has salt water and a few fountains. It's funny though cuz here everyone lays on the grass not the sand (there isn't much sand but its still funny).

So the other night we went on a day trip to a place called Cape Tribulation which is above Cairns about 2 hours driving. This place is where the Coral Reef meets the Daintree rainforest. It was pretty cool, cept unfortunately the whole time we were there it rained :( when it had been really sunny and warm the past few weeks there.
so that day we got on a bus early and we went to Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary which i was super excited about as we got to see roo's and koalas. We had a presentation of 3 animals when we got there a koala, a baby croc (it had its mouth taped shut) and a snake (eww). Then after that if you paid $16 dollars you could get a pic taken with one of thoes 3 animals.... So of course i got my pic taken with a KOALA !!!!!!! He was soooo cute, he smelled pretty bad though but yea i got to hold him and i got my pic taken with him which i am going to post online. I was in love lol. Then b/c we got our pic taken we got a free bag of Kangaroo food. So then we got to walk through this area where there were tons of roo's and wallaby's walking around and you could feed them like you feed deer back home at a petting zoo. They came right up to you and ate and they let you pet them and I was in my glory it was amazing!
After that we went for a hike through the rainforest to this placed called Mossman Gorge which was absoloutley beautiful. There was a waterfall and all these boulders in the water and the water was sooo clear you could see right through to the bottom. The guys went in but it was freezing cold but they had fun, jumping off rocks and trying to swim through the currents lol. AFter that we had a picnic lunch that was provided for. Then we got back on the bus and went to a look out point where we could see the sea from the rainforest it was cool. Then we went on this river cruise where we slowly went around this body of water looking for crocs in the wild. We saw one female sunbathing, she was big. AND apparenlty we saw the 2 most rarest birds in Australia that people come from all over the world to see. The little Kingfisher and then the Grey b ill heron (which was such a beautiful bird). The ride was kind of slow though and we only saw one croc so it was ok.
Then we got dropped off at our accomodation and we were expecting this nice cabin right on the beach but our place was all wood cabins and I saw 4 huge spiders above me in webs as i was walking beneath the trees so i was not a happy camper. There was nothing to do there and the beach was even boring, and it poured the whole time we were there so we were rather disappointed in that. So we had a very early night after supper. Then the next day we had to get up super early cuz we travelled 10 min down the road to go do Jungle Surfing. We put harneesses and helmets on and walked up to the treehouse you start from. So basically its zip lining through the rainforest. It was fun, we didn't go super fast except for at one spot so they guys got really bored but all the girls loved it! So i'll post pics of those too.
Then we went for a pretty long hike in the pouring rain to another hostel and then to a watering hole where we stayed for 5 min. Then walked back and played card games till our bus came back to take us to Cairns.
Hahahah really funny. On our way up to Cape Trib our guide on the bus was telling us that there are these ants with green bums that if you catch one and lick its bum (the green part) it tastes really good like tangy lemon sherbert. so we were all sitting at reception at the crappy place we stayed over night and Dean caught an ant and licked it and tried it and so Bonnie did and then I did later and they were right it was tangy and tasted alot like lemons! lol so that was quite an interesting little thing.
so nothing much more exciting has happened since we have been here. we have been looking for jobs hardcore but there isn't much available right now cuz the sesason it still pretty slow so were here till Thur and then if we don't find anything by then we have to move on to another place where there are more jobs. So its frustrating, were spending all our money on food and accomodation right now which sucks cuz i want money to do fun things that i came here to do :(
So we shall see.
our little group also has already gotten smaller. Bonnie and Amber went back to Sydney early this morning so they are gone there to find work :( I'm really going to miss them they were so much fun and i'm not sure how much longer the guys and us will be together either, but we all need to go where we can get jobs so yea.

Thanks for reading and please leave comments i love hearing from you guys! Sorry its been awhile but there hasn't been much to really tell lately. Just chilling out in the sun during hte day and looking for jobs, once in awhile we go out at night but not too much.

love and miss you all so much !
Ash