Central Internet Café, Sydney- As you can see from the new blogging location we have moved onto the next phase of our trip. We are in Sydney for just one day before heading to New Zealand tomorrow and then will finish our trip by returning here. We left Palm Cove on Saturday and spent our last night in northern Queensland in the city of Cairns. Cairns is a fairly big city and as with everything else in the area is very tourist driven. One of the coolest things is a large pool (or lagoon as they call it) that is in the heart of the city and goes right up to the edge of the ocean. The pool is free to use and on this day the city was celebrating the upcoming Chinese New Year with a dragon parade and festival so it was extra packed.
Overall we enjoyed Palm Cove, Cairns, and the surrounding activities very much. Our hotel was all about relaxation and we used the pools and cool spas (too hot for a hot tub so they have cool spas instead) pretty much every day. Our day trips to the Great Barrier Reef and various rainforests could not have been better as well. Just like in Melbourne we ate some really good food and wanted to share some of our favorites.
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| Liquorland 6 bottles of wine for $30...practically free! |
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| Food is very expensive so our first stop was the grocery store where we picked up this gourmet breakfast for the week. |
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| Salmon pizza. We assumed the salmon would be small pieces in the cheese...wow were we shocked when we opened the box, very good though! Not pictured is an Aussie Pizza that we got in honor of it being Australia Day (comparable to 4th of July). |
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| Smoked trout and corn chowder from our hotel restaurant. The best soup I have ever tasted..almost stayed an extra day so we could have it again! |
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| Dinner at our hotel restaurant...we look happy because we just finished the soup from the pic above. We ordered two things and shared of course (Seared barramundi on the left, crispy spatchcock (aka small chicken) on the right) |
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| We were told Port Douglas had the "only good Mexican restaurant in all of Australia"...so we had to try it. Good, but not quite Fiesta Cancun, Los Banditos, or Pedro's. |
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| Free appetizers delivered to our room when we checked into the Cairns Hilton. |
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| Sushi Train! April's dream of picking different sushi rolls fresh off the rotating line came true in Cairns. |
That Salmon pizza looks gross but I am glad you thought it taste good. I am surprised that wine was that cheap! That's amazing. Sushi train sounds amazing as well. So many cool things you guys are doing and food you are eating, jealous. Can't wait for the New Zeeland post.
ReplyDeletePS It is supposed to snow for the next 3 days here totalling 15 inches is what I just read on WKOWTV.COM. You guys picked a great time to be gone. Love you
Howdy King Kong & Little Miss Sunshine! Finally have time to catch up on your blogs (shower wkend kept me busy, but sure was looking forward to looking at and reading your blogs tonight! :) April, you are quite impressive on the zipline! :) Loved seeing (on the other post) your first family! What a sweet little "grand-koala" we have! Enjoy New Zealand and the glacier! Hopefully you will be sensible and not go off the beaten path of the glacier pleeeeeeease! We miss you (missed you at Mel's shower April!)and love you both! :)
ReplyDeleteSushi Train!?!? The only thing better would be a cheesecake train!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat sushi off a rotating line is my dream come true as well....cannot wait to hear about how amazing it really was! :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with Joni on the salmon pizza and Sue on the "beaten path" statement.
ReplyDeletePools and cool spas sound awesome. It's hard to imagine weather being too hot for a hot tub right now as we are waiting for the biggest snow storm of the year to start.
Your tans are looking great...Keep having fun! love and miss you both. GO PACK!!!
Wow April, it was weird to see you with curly hair in the picture! It seems like its been so long. As you can tell from Joni's post we are in for a bunch of snow, but when I turned on the weather channel this morning, it looks like Northern Australia and New Zealand are in for some interesting weather as well! I think I might choose a tropical storm over 10-18 inches of snow. Luke, I agree with Grandma Rosie's post, you should have been a journalist. Maybe you could get a job with Conde Nast Traveler. Your blog post have been fun to read.
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