Archive for November, 2011
Profile of a Booking Agent
he holiday time of year is almost upon us and this is the best time of the year to be visiting Cairns, because the weather is pleasant rather than stifling hot, and the rainy season is still quite a while away, so the humidity is mild. The top end of Australia is a palette of [...]
Posted: 29th November 2011 under Accommodation.
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Guess What, I Recently Bought A Kayak
Nine years after being hired by a sea kayak touring and sales company I’ve finally got around to buying myself one. I have spent the last seven years paddling the areas rivers in an older style white water kayak, but this just wasn’t suitable for the coastal zones. This was getting extremely frustrating as I [...]
Posted: 24th November 2011 under Gear.
Tags:kayak, paddling, seakayak
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Some Cairns Diving and Snorkelling Boats
The Great Barrier Reef, best visited from Cairns Australia is the world’s largest coral reef and home to an amazing diversity of marine life. There are a large number of cruise operators that depart from Cairns, I’ve listed the best below. Reef Encounter is an unique floating hotel offering 1 night or several nights surronded [...]
Posted: 24th November 2011 under Destinations.
Tags:Australia, Cairns, Cod Hole, Great Barrier Reef, scuba diving
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Something Different in Cairns This New Years Eve
Party Bus tours have sprung up in all the busy vacation destinations lately. And so they should. They make a good evening guaranteed. Both tours operate two nights a week. I’m sure they work in similar ways in other places such as Byron Bay and Melbourns, but I only know the Cairns one so I’ll [...]
Posted: 19th November 2011 under Destinations.
Tags:New Years, New Years Eve, Party
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Australians Have A Funny Idea Of Humour
People in Australia like to reassure visitors about the safety of the wildlife and landscape whilst at the exact same time warning of its dangers. It comes out sounding funny, leaving you unsure whether you should be relaxed or fearing for your life. Some Variations I have heard: “Don’t worry while you’re snorkeling: reef sharks [...]
Posted: 15th November 2011 under Destinations.
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Our Valuable Oceania Tourist Recommendations
I thought I might to write an a few tourist tips that I picked up from my last trip through Australia and the Pacific. In my mind Cairns is the all round best place to learn how to scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef taking value, quality and safety into consideration. Don’t think that [...]
Posted: 15th November 2011 under Uncategorized.
Tags:pacific, travel tips
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The Ultimate scuba trips
1.Sulawesi, Indonesia The scuba sites surrounding the small group of islands off the cape of Sulawesi have some of the greatest marine biodiversity on the planet. I spent most of my dives here searching for pygmy seahorses, but there are more nudibranchs and flat worms than anyone can identify. The Bunaken National Marine Park is [...]
Posted: 15th November 2011 under Destinations.
Tags:dive sites, scuba diving, wreck dives
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Bismarck Sea – Papua New Guinea
Last week I dived a little bit south of Indonesia. I happen to like coral and sponges and sea slugs and all the weirdly shaped micro-creatures that crawl, slither and hop along the reefs. That is why I love the “fertile triangle” of the Philippines, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (PNG), where marine biodiversity is [...]
Posted: 15th November 2011 under Destinations.
Tags:dive destinations, papua new guinea, scuba diving
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