Australia 15 - 1st days - Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Tablelands

The next part of my big adventure started on August 25th with a flight to Cairns. Arrival time next morning 4:30. Early enough to get on a tour to the Reef right away. A transfer boat with day trip snorchlers brought us to the boat on which I would stay for the night. As its low season, I had a kabin to myself. A real bed, a hot shower and great food, what more do you need? The option for four water sessions on both days (I used two each) a lot of colorful fish, Turtles, beautiful corals in all shapes and colors off course. What a great start.

After a night in Cairns I took over my rental car for the next three weeks. It should have been a Yaris size but they did not have such small cars, so the first try was a Corola. As the 24V did not work (an absolute must for charging) they switched me to an even bigger monster.

Luckily it has a backwards camera, so it's still OK.

From Cairns I drove to the tablelands, a nice and cool mountain area with rain forest, a lot of waterfalls even in the dry season and cows all over the place. An interesting mixture.

A nice place to stay (B&B Aussie style: you prepare your breakfast yourself) and nice company (a couple from Munich).