Pacific Cairns Hotel

Söderhavs Resor - Destination Downunder - Southern World
WARNING!! If you ever go to Australia avoid the above companies. What a scam it turned out to be.
My 3 days Great Ocean Road tour for 2500$ turned out to be a scam
VARNING! Söderhavs Resor - Destination Downunder - Southern World är skojare och lurendrejare.
Använd inte några av deras tjänster!!

Cairns

Saturday 16th of July 2016 and I went to an ATM to get some cash and then it was straight out to the taxi queue. I asked the driver how much it was in to town.
- 25$

I opened my back pack to get my itinerary. I had no clue what my hotel was named so I had to check it. Pacific Cairns Hotel and the driver knew the hotel and we were soon on our way.

Taxis at Cairns Airport
Taxi waiting for passengers at Cairns Airport

And as this is a Kangaroo and Koala adventure I interrogated the driver about kangaroos and koalas. Here was kangaroos but not any koalas in the area. It took 15 minutes or so to get to Pacific CairnsPacific Cairns Hotel

I emptied their vending machines from Pepsi MAX before I checked in. And darn! It was nice with a shower and a MAX drink.

I will leave for my overnight Great Barrier Reef from Cairns Marlin Marina, jetty “A” finger tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock. So I decided to go to try to find the place. Turned out to be a three minutes' walk from the hotel.

I heard a lot of birds but I never saw any of the birds in the densely leafed trees. I was hungry and tired. But no sleep until tonight. I walked back up to the city centre

Cairns
Cairns waterfront

Cairns
Cairns waterfront

Cairns
Cairns
While walking up through the town I spotted a green bird. Maybe a Bellbird, but I have my doubts. The bird was too far away for any good pictures. I checked the internet when I was back home and the only green bird

Anyway, the bird was too far away and I tried to follow the bird, but I soon lost the bird.
Bellbird
A Bellbird?

Bellbird
A Bellbird?

Bellbird
A Bellbird?

Most of the restaurants closed at 3 o'clock. Seems like they have open for breakfast and then lunch and they open for dinner in the evening. There was one coffee shop open with all day breakfast. But there was only one girl working there and it seemed like she did everything. A few customers and I realised that this would take a very long time and I left after 5 minutes.

Cairns
Parking for Hippies?

I passes a street corner and there were many of the old hippie vans. I asked around but seems like no one knew what it was. Maybe a camping place for homeless hippies. I continued my search Tokyo Dumplingsfor a place to eat, I passed a place called Tokyo Dumplings. I had passed before but as I don't like dumplings I never bothered to check it out.

Now I walked by and I saw “Curry, Potato and beef” dumplings and “Potato and cheese” dumplings on their menu in the window. That sounded good so I went inside.

I have only have had those pretty tasteless dumplings in my life. But this was something else. And I had 5 plates of their excellent dumplings. Cheese and potato Tokyo Dumplingsand the curry, potato and beef. Can it get any better when it comes to dumplings?

So this is a place I can recommend, a NOT TO MISS place if you ever comes to Cairns. This is what I like, people take something quite disgusting and make something tasty out of it.

I walked back to my hotel and I stopped for some birding on the way. There is a small park outside the hotel and I spent an hour or so there looking for birds. And it paid off, I spotted two new birds that I had never seen before.

The Willy wagtail and the Masked lapwing. And if I count the green bird it is a total of three new birds today. But I don't count the green one as I'm not sure if it is the Bellbird. The Zebra Dove we have seen in Bangkok, a beautiful bird.

Peaceful Dove

The Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida) is a pigeon native to Australia and New Guinea. The peaceful dove is closely related to the zebra dove of south-east Asia and the barred dove of eastern Indonesia. Until recently, the three were classed as a single species, Geopelia striata, known as Peaceful Dove or Zebra Dove.


Zebra Dove, Geopelia striata
Zebra Dove - Geopelia striata

Zebra Dove, Geopelia striata
Zebra Dove - Geopelia striata

Zebra Dove, Geopelia striata
Zebra Dove - Geopelia striata

Zebra Dove, Geopelia striata
Zebra Dove - Geopelia striata

Willy wagtail, Rhipidura leucophrys
Willy wagtail - Rhipidura leucophrys

Willy wagtail, Rhipidura leucophrys
Willy wagtail - Rhipidura leucophrys

Willy wagtail, Rhipidura leucophrys
Willy wagtail - Rhipidura leucophrys

Willy wagtail, Rhipidura leucophrys
Willy wagtail - Rhipidura leucophrys

Masked lapwing, Vanellus miles
Masked lapwing, Vanellus miles

Masked lapwing, Vanellus miles
Masked lapwing, Vanellus miles

Masked lapwing, Vanellus miles
Masked lapwing, Vanellus miles

I also saw a lot of the Common Myna all over town. Anyway, I have started a page over the birds I have seen in Australia. Just click HERE to end up in all that excitement.

I have asked them to wake me up at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning. I went to the restaurant in the hotel for some Churrasco or whatever they call the Brazilian BBQ. Bushfire - Flame grill is obviously a popular restaurant in Cairns and I had to wait 15 minutes for a table.

I tried kangaroo and it was very good. The food was very good so I was satisfied with the meal. Back to my room early and I will have to go up early tomorrow to get on with the Great Barrier Yet another Smiley on www.aladdin.stReef adventure. But I starting to have my doubt, it is 19°C so what is the temperature in the water? Well, I will find out tomorrow, and if the water is cold they would not have the snorkelling trips. At least I hope so.

Pacific Hotel Cairns
My hotel after dark

Bushfire - Flame grill at Pacific Hotel Cairns
Bushfire - Flame grill

And if we want to find out about the adventure on the Great Barrier Reef we just need to click HERE and we will soon find out what’s going on.

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ORIGIN late 18th cent.: of unknown origin.

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