Cairns

After Erin and Mike Thompson left Sydney, Craig and I started our trip to Cairns. Our trip got off to a rough start as we stayed out drinking the entire night before our 7am flight. Needless to say, we were passed out on the airport floor waiting for the plane to board. It wasn't a pretty sight.

Everyday was an action packed with adventure. Our first day was spent at Cape Tribulation/Port Douglas. It poured the whole day so it was hard to be very active. The highlight was holding a koala. It's illegal to hold koalas in New South Wales which is where Sydney is but we were able to do it in Queensland.

Day 2 was spent at Great Barrier Reef to snorkel and scuba dive. Since it was a two hour boat ride to get out to the Reef and we were traveling on rough waters, I quickly lost my breakfast before we even got there. Craig says it's the most puke he's ever seen. He's seen me vomit since the beginning of our relationship though so I don't think he was really phased by it. Unfortunately, I was too sick to enjoy the day and had to sit out after snorkeling. I still loved being out there though.

Our favorite part of the trip was whitewater rafting. We did an extreme version which essentially means we rafted in much more dangerous areas, got thrown into the water and got sent down the "drowning simulator" which is about the time I cried to Craig and didn't let him leave my side. I should also mention that when we were tossed into the water, Craig (accidentally so he says) punched me in the face and then I got stuck under the boat. I had a few choice words to say to him that I will not repeat.
Vinny, our fearless tour guide, quickly became my favorite person. He knew I was scared and promised to take care of me. Once I calmed down, I really enjoyed myself. It was five hours of my adrenaline pumping and such a cool experience.

For some silly reason, we thought it would be fun to spend our last day bungy jumping. We have been sky diving so we thought this would be another one-in-a-lifetime type thing to tick off our bucket list. While we were getting our ankles strapped to the cord, "Another One Bites the Dust" started playing on the loud speaker and I thought I was going to lose it. All I can say is jumping off a platform 150 ft in the air is a seemingly impossible task. Craig and I were a couple of little girls and basically just leaned over until we fell. We could not bring ourselves to actually jump. I can honestly say that I'm glad I did it but I will never do it again.

After five days of near death experiences, we were ready to come back to Sydney. We got back late on a Thursday night and slept like babies.