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Hi and good luck to you,
Just wanted to tell you I love Cairns, its got a nice old town feel to it , its full of backpackers and wealthy Japanese tourists so heaps of restaurants at all levels, lots of pubs, something you don't see much of in Australia (honest), lots of shops, and when we were there the weather was very pleasant, but it was winter. Oh, and theres hardly any traffic. A good market. And Port Douglas just up the road, about 40 mins I think.for more shopping and another good market. And Sunday night cane toad racing if thats your thing. Public transport is not good..
Don't know how I'd feel on my own, I might chose somewhere bigger.
Loads of people don't like it I know, perhaps I'm weird.
Its great for diving too obviously.
On the bug front, we spent 3 months camping round Oz, lots of time in Queensland and never saw a spider , which is good as I am pathetic, more than pathetic actually.
However, on another visit to Sydney I saw 3 huntsmen in family homes in the space of 2 weeks. They are vile. I was also unable to walk down one suburban street due to the enormous yellow kneed hobnail boot wearing orb spiders in every tree. It seems to be seasonal same as here, that was autumn.
Wish there were more snakes, they might eat the spiders.
Hope to be useful
Alyson (seriously considering hypnotherapy before we go)
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