Cairns

After Townsville we decided our next stop would be Tully for some banana picking. We didn't need any extra money, we just thought that it may be an experience. When we arrived in Tully we found out that its the top place in Australia that experiences the most amount of rainfall. It certainly lived up to its statistic! I don't actually think it stopped raining the whole time we were there! We did try to go banana picking, but after the early mornings and the constant feeling of being damp we decided after a few days to head straight for Cairns. We hadn't actually planned to leave when we did, it was sort of on a whim, but we were very pleased with our decision in the end.

Upon arrival in Cairns, the sun was shining and it was pleasantly warm. We headed straight for the airport to see if they had a list of hostels like Sydney airport did. In the airport we came across this hostel called Utopia and enquired about accommodation and whether we could do some work to enable us to get our accommodation for free. We were in luck, the hostel ran a minibus to ferry guests around and were looking for two drivers, we accepted.

This driving job worked out well for us as we had decided to put the camper van up for sale as soon as we could in Cairns. With free accommodation, we could advertise the van and save our money.

Utopia was a brilliant hostel and we enjoyed our time there immensely. We made a lot of friends and enjoyed trips out. Chantal, the receptionist had two cats, very cute and mischievous! Kept the hostel almost free of pests!

I will post about our trips in and around Cairns in the coming days.