[emma n ricky] humid schumid

[emmajcowan]

well its been a few days since i blogged and man it feels as though we have seen and done 101 amazing things since then. the pace has slowed quite a lot and its brilliant to be in our own apartment overlooking the coral sea. its run by a man named bruce who says stoked a lot - honestly you couldnt make it up, he is a real character. the weather has changed quite a lot and its really humid and we are expecting storms tonight and rain which will hopefully clear the air a wee bit.

we are staying in a beachfront apartment in the town of trinity beach which is just a long the road from cairns. we arrived after a very quick flight and picked up the car no probs - think ricky is just getting to grips with working a manual car, its a rather rubbish car, we have nicknamed it frumpy flo but its getting us from a to b. the first day was spent just catching up with ourselves and lazing by the pool and yesterday we took a trip to port douglas and 4 mile beach. what a stretch of road that is to drive by the way - beautiful white beaches around every corner -we are hoping to explore more of them tomorrow.

today we took a cable car up to kuranda over the roof of the rainforests for about 7.5 km, it was amazing and the views were spectacular. seeing into the rainforest was just brilliant, some of the trees grow to 50m can you believe that. we managed not to get eaten by beasties on the board walk around part of the rainforest by putting on industrial strength bug spray - i think it would even keep the midges at bay its so bloomin strong. when we got to kuranda we had a stroll through the shops and then went to a koala sanctuary where we were able to cuddle a koala - it was an immense experience, she was so cute and actually awake and we got some good photos. i will remember that forever.

after lunch we got the scenic railroad back down and were hit by some more amazing views - of a different kind this time as we were going over bridges which i have no idea how they built and had sheer drops on either side - those with a disposition for heights may not have enjoyed it quite so much. anyway i have uploaded some more photies for you to see and you can find them here http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=84211&id=732850985&l=9afaf650db

hope you enjoy - loving hearing all your news from back home - congrats to kelda on the date setting - cant wait ma dear and to joe who has become and uncle to Luke, looking forward to seeing the photos - also a big mention to my mum you make me laugh every time - love you lots

till next time
x

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Posted By emmajcowan to emma n ricky on 3/18/2009 07:48:00 AM

[Claire]

Hi guys
How are things going? Where are you up to now? Hope you are staying
out of trouble, I am starting to count the days till you are back. I
am filling my evenings with exercise and it is not as much fun as
gossip with coffee or cinema dates!! Not much news from my end, been
to a couple of wedding receptions the past 2 weekends but we have a
free on this weekend so we are going to relax, if the weather warms up
we might try to climb arthurs seat seeing as though we haven't done it
yet!
Hope to hear from you soon!
Claire xx

On Mar 18, 8:21 am, emmajcowan <emmajco...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> well its been a few days since i blogged and man it feels as though we
> have seen and done 101 amazing things since then. the pace has slowed
> quite a lot and its brilliant to be in our own apartment overlooking
> the coral sea. its run by a man named bruce who says stoked a lot -
> honestly you couldnt make it up, he is a real character. the weather
> has changed quite a lot and its really humid and we are expecting
> storms tonight and rain which will hopefully clear the air a wee bit.
> we are staying in a beachfront apartment in the town of trinity beach
> which is just a long the road from cairns. we arrived after a very
> quick flight and picked up the car no probs - think ricky is just
> getting to grips with working a manual car, its a rather rubbish car,
> we have nicknamed it frumpy flo but its getting us from a to b. the
> first day was spent just catching up with ourselves and lazing by the
> pool and yesterday we took a trip to port douglas and 4 mile beach.
> what a stretch of road that is to drive by the way - beautiful white
> beaches around every corner -we are hoping to explore more of them

> tomorrow.today we took a cable car up to kuranda over the roof of the

> rainforests for about 7.5 km, it was amazing and the views were
> spectacular. seeing into the rainforest was just brilliant, some of the
> trees grow to 50m can you believe that. we managed not to get eaten by
> beasties on the board walk around part of the rainforest by putting on
> industrial strength bug spray - i think it would even keep the midges
> at bay its so bloomin strong. when we got to kuranda we had a stroll
> through the shops and then went to a koala sanctuary where we were able
> to cuddle a koala - it was an immense experience, she was so cute and
> actually awake and we got some good photos. i will remember that
> forever. after lunch we got the scenic railroad back down and were hit
> by some more amazing views - of a different kind this time as we were
> going over bridges which i have no idea how they built and had sheer
> drops on either side - those with a disposition for heights may not
> have enjoyed it quite so much. anyway i have uploaded some more photies

> for you to see and you can find them herehttp://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=84211&id=732850985&l=9afaf6...