Before visitors enter Mossman Gorge, the Kuku Yalanji people perform the sacred Aboriginal smoking ceremony as a welcome to the country.…
Keep ReadingThe candy guy in Cairns Night Market recommended the swimming hole Babinda Boulders to us when we told him we were going on an undetermined road trip the day after. It was his hometown, he said, and I swear I could see the twinkle in his eyes when he told us about it. I…
Keep ReadingFirst, I am unsure whether I should even write this post because the Indonesian restaurants in Cairns were below par.…
Keep ReadingI finally had crocodile meat in Ochre, Cairns. Eating crocodile meat has been in my yearly goal list eversince I moved to Melbourne. I was so thrilled to finally tick it off of my list. The meat itself wasn't so good. It tasted like white fish but with the texture of chicken meat.…
Keep ReadingI am not sure what I expected from a stroll around Rusty's Market in Cairns, but I was served with a trip around the world.…
Keep ReadingCairns has always been on my Australia-to-visit list after I moved to Melbourne. It's higher on the list than Brisbane and Perth.…
Keep ReadingI just returned from a few glorious days of sunshine and booze on the Sunshine Coast, marking the top part of Australia I have ever been to.…
Keep ReadingI am writing this from Mooloolaba Beach, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, Southern hemisphere. I am here with Jik.…
Keep ReadingI never really paid much attention to these Australia big things, they seemed silly. That's until Jik dragged me to see the big pineapple.…
Keep ReadingI am in Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, QLD. Bringing a journal with me turned out to be a good idea. Not bringing my camera is a bad idea.…
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