Hi from Australia - Cairns!

(Sorry, dodgy PC won't let us rotate the picture - but Sharon probably looks better that way round anyway)

We arrived in Cairns this morning which was a great relief after the humidity of Hong Kong - it's lovely and cool here.

We had a great time in Hong Kong. We sussed out the public transport - ferries, MTR and buses ( but it did take us 40 mins to find the bus stop for the 629)!

In our last few days in HK we went to the Po Lin Monastery which has the world's largest seated bronze buddha sat on top of a hill (above). We took a sampan ride in Aberdeen harbour (no, not the one in Scotland) and went to Ocean Park where they have Giant Pandas and we watched a dolphin show. Craig's highlight was the 'Sea Jellyfish Spectacular' although being photographed with a man dressed in a foam turtle suit came a close second!

Sharon's bearing up with Youth Hostels very well although so far we've always has a private en-suite room so we're not sure if it counts...

We arrived at Cairns Youth Hostel at 5:30am, just in time to watch England throw away a 1-0 lead over Sweden. Weren't they rubbish.

So far, Cairns is nice and the people are friendly. We're off to snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef tomorrow - are you all jealous??? Steve P - we'll let you know if we see any sharks. We saw some in HK but they were behind glass and there were no reports of any fatalities!