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Magnetic Island

After Tony drove us in his camper to Townsville, we have there not only old friends met again, but also for a drinking game night with the Hostel owners Anna (Finland) and Mark (New Zealand) met. With them we are for one day to Magnetic Iceland down, where we have a Barbie-mobile and a little borrowed are rumgecruist. Among other things, we were snorkeling at Arthur Bay. In addition to corals and some fish I saw in the end, a ray. Anna and Mark have then taken away in their rental car. Since the two had accumulated a lot of luggage, was the first adventure of the tour also Renske and my stuff to house somewhere ... When that was done then, it was where we spent a night camped virtually on the seafront in a national park. The next day we only then convinced them that no real Mackay is worth visiting and are then drove to Airlie Beach. Before the two make their car had, we have still today a waterfall-made trip. An absolute stroke of luck then, because the days the two were very funny and far more than just a lift from A to B.

Tomorrow Renske make and I have a three day sailing trip to the Whitsunday Islands . Then I sign up again and then deliver images to this entry to ... the fully packed car and our Barbie-mobile, I want you not withhold finally;)

Old friends: Japanese photos with Thomas & Anne (Denmark)

Barbie-Mobile: Our rental car on Magnetic Iceland

Stingray snorkeling am Arthur Bay (Magnetic Island)

Gruppenbild mit temporaeren Reisepartnern: Mark (New Zealand) und Anna (Finnland)

Campen ohne Zelt: Renske und ich im Mietwagen von Anna & Mark

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Cairns

Wir haben einen Lift gefunden! Morgen frueh fahren wir mit Tony (UK) und seinem Camper nach Townsville, um von dort einen Abstecher nach Magnetic Island zu machen. Aber natuerlich werde ich Cairns nicht ohne einen kurzen Bericht verlassen, schliesslich hat es mir hier ueberraschend gut gefallen. Jedenfalls war es nicht geplant, hier eine ganze Woche zu verbringen. Aber nachdem wir am zweiten Tag unser Hostel gewechselt have, we feel now even a bit of home. The first was modern, but too far away from the city and also houses definitely too many drunken Englishmen. Now we live (thanks Miriam) in Cairns City Backpackers Hostel has an almost homely with an owner of invaluable travel tips and lots of anecdotes in stock.

Cairns itself is very much attuned to tourists. Every other store sells travel and kitschy souvenirs. And with what? Right! ;) Determined two-thirds of people who are running around in the city backpackers, so you get the impression that there are almost only young people. In turn, all like to celebrate, so here you go away any day of the week and beer happy hours can be found.

What I have not got used even after a week, some geographical aspects. Signed me up for the presence of numerous mountains, for example, quite surprised.


instead of the mountains then I would have rather expected a beach, after all, we are here facing the sea. No way! For various reasons it is instead "The Lagoon", a large pool with sunbathing by the sea.

But this is not so bad, after all, there are plenty of beaches around the local area, I visited with Renske by rental car. What a scrap cart! I understand not a lot of cars, but the spare parts would be in Germany, never by the Come street legal! The auto-related aggression, we then reduced to about five different and usually deserted dream beaches again.

Yesterday, it has now just started to rain, as outrageous! Although it is still warm and therefore a haven for all the summer rain smell-May, for me it is the perfect time to travel further.

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Skydiving


Yesterday at 7:30 am The shuttle picks me up from the hostel to take me from Cairns to Mission Beach. There is, or will I then ft in 14,000 (about 4.2 km) altitude jump from an airplane. And I'd say so ... I had the proper pants full! comes in a mini-aircraft, it in only 15 minutes to bounce height and the door opened and I forgot all instructions and no idea when I will keep head and arms like. What the hell, Igor will know how it works and where I'm finally tied firmly to the stomach. The only thing I remember is "always smile, because then one uses the muscles and the face is not so in the flapping wind." I have it tried, but in the photos, the continuous permanent grin still surrounded by waving around flap. Regardless, the jump itself was simply amazing! After 60 seconds of free fall and a family pack of adrenaline I have traveled sailed for about 5 minutes on a parachute. This was because of the festgeschnuerten belts in step not just armchair qualities (I want to gar nicht wissen, wie Maenner das machen...), wurde aber durch die Aussicht mehr als entschaedigt. Und als ich mir eben das Video angeguckt habe, hat sich nur bestaetigt, was ich gestern schon waehrend des Fluges mit meinem Tandem-Buddy besprochen habe: Ich will nochmal!