recap continued. Cairns!

Pictures are also on facebook due to my uncontrollable urge to take a million pictures... I can't help it!
After being home for literally 3 days from Melbourne, I boarded a plane with 23 other people from my AIFS group and travelled to Cairns. All I can say is that Cairns is very humid and hot with some rain! We got to our hostel around 11ish and went straight to bed once the room situation was sorted out. The next morning we got up early and went straight to the dock to board a boat to the Great Barrier Reef! Leta just say everyone on the boat got seasick (including me) because the sea was so choppy from the storm. We finally made it out to the reef and it sun finally came out! It was a rough swim out to the reef from the boat but it was totally worth it! Words can't even describe how beautiful the reef is. The coral was all different colors and there was fish everywhere! I even found nemo and his family =] I got beat up by the reef but the scar will always be a good story. We swam back to the boat and had lunch which was a challenge on a rocking boat but we made it through. I even saw a sea turtle coming up to the surface which was amazing! Just wish i took a picture of it =/ After lunch we headed to a second location of the reef to snorkel again. This time it was eave harder to swim out there but still worth it! We came back to the boat and headed back to Cairns. We then spent the rest of our night at the hostel hanging around playing cards.
The next day was our day off. I opted to not do anything this day and I was pretty happy I did. It was raining all morning and the people who were going skydiving had to keep getting their jump times pushed back. After the rain stopped I went into town with a few friends and walked around and shopped! I bought a cute anklet and a present for my mom (yes another turtle!) We went back to the hostel for a hat party and just spent the night hanging around again playing games!
On sunday we went to the rainforest for the day! We first stopped at once again another wildlife park to play with kangaroos! We then went on a short hike through the rainforest which was really cool! After we had a nice lunch and spent about 2 hours on a gorgeous beach! We then went on another short rainforest walk but this time it got really humid so it wasn't as fun. We then stopped at a lookout for a quick group picture and the guide pointed out to an island in the distance. This was the place the Steve Erwin died. It was crazy to think that i was looking at it. We then made our way to a crocdile cruise down a river which was kind of disappointing.. We only saw 1 big croc and 1 baby croc. It was still fun though! We then headed back to the hostel where we watched the final of the rugby world cup and saw New Zealand finally win against France.
Our last day I went into town quickly before we had to check out then we headed  to the airport to fly back to Sydney. It was a great 5 days in Cairns and I really want to go back again sometime in my life!

So far this week I have just been super excited for Meghan to finally visit! I get to pick her up today and she will be here for about 5 days! Last night we went to a halloween party at the Ranch and we were zombies. pictures to come on facebook about out terrifying costumes! Miss and love my friends and family but I will be home in just a short 5 weeks! crazy how times flies!