Okay... nearly a month since I last blogged.

Plenty has happened since then, so here's a brief update (in stages)

24 Oct

Departed for Cairns via Brisbane.

25 Oct

Took a A$3 sky train to the domestic Terminal at Brisbane. And that is per person, for a five minute ride. Ours is free, and yet we are still complaining of insufficient capacity, too slow, etc.

Lunch at Brisbane: Fish and Chips at the Food Court.

Haha... we pollute the minds of Aussies... :P We are first in queue at the Jetstar ticketing counter. Being a budget airline, it doesn't have any seating allocation, so...

Arrival at Cairns.

Dinner at Rattle N Hum: Fisherman's basket for me. Gosh, I think I'll putting on pounds!

Visited the Night Market to purchase some souveniers.

26 Oct

Continental Breakfast.

Picked up at Queen's Court Motel for an Outer Barrier Reef Cruise.
Our Guide for the day hails from Malaysia - Eddy.
Free coffee and tea on the house. The tea tastes horrendous though, akin to sewage water. Mummy claims it's the taste of seaweed.
We head out for Moore Reef via Fitzroy Island, anchoring off the reef alongside a pontoon.
Had a buffet lunch, which was really nothing much... 'Seafood' being only prawns.
We take a submersible and glass-bottom boat trip around the pontoon, before getting some snorkelling done. First time snorkelling and I took in lots of salt water. Tip: Look 45 degrees downwards to keep the mask tightly sealed around your face and prevent water from entering your breathing tube.
Mum claimed that the reef was not as beautiful as the one in the Maldives.

Dinner at Lychee Bistro: Stir-fried Lemon chicken, Cheesecake and Lychee Ice Cream. By Golly, the decoration on the Cheesecake (Crushes Pistachio nuts and Dabbles of strawberry and Mango sauce) made it look like a dessert from an Italian Fine Dining Restaurant.