Short Trip News Pt I

HI everyone, the trip has started, and how great is it!
been up all nite *first enjoying the beautiful view at Mrs. Macquarie's Point til around 1am last nite, then back home, pack all my stuff and right thereafter leaving at 4am for the plane* slept the whole way to cairns, arrived there and got tropical feelings immediately...35degrees, sunny, wow...went to our hostel, picked up the car afterwards (it"s reallz great, Ford Falcon, huge, clean, with air conditioning..really nice..just have to adjust ourselves to use the blinker with your right hand and don't turn right without stopping...almost had an accident already..:-) )
well, then we've been wandering around cairns, exploring the inner city with all its shops and, very remarkably, an open air pool called the "laguna" in the middle of the beach esplanade..amazing...
afterwards, we just chilled at the hostel pool, both of us still tired from last nite..wil go out for dinner and a few beers soon, then sleep and tomorrow 7am departure to Cape Tribulation....
and we have to figure out how to get to the whitsundays on saturday...everybody's warning us to never ever drive over nite (due to the 'roos!) ! well, and we have to drive the whole nite to get there...hmmmm....shit

alrighty, that's it for now, have to go to the beach ;-)

cheers