Preview of Sistersontour's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Cairns, Australia Entry Title: "Australia - 1770 to Cairns" Entry: "Ok so we left you in the rain in 1770 ... low and behold the sun came out and as we only had a few hours left in 1770 before our night bus and we hadn't seen much of the town a local eco-tour guide called John offered to take us on a free whistle-stop tour of the area ... it was really pretty but not much there so we were glad we hadn't paid the each for the Scooteroo trip. We got the impression from John that 1770 is more than a town, it's a way of life. There are 132 housing plots and there will never be any more as it is surrounded by national parks. Very different from places like Ingleby Barwick back home where it just keeps growing. He also likes the fact that sometimes the local store runs out of things ... I think we take 24 hour Tesco for granted! Lois was disappointed that we didn't have time to do a surf lesson as 1770 is the last place you can go in the sea without a stinger suit nd the possibility of being snaffled by a saltwater croc. She was really looking forward to it but there was just no time. After saying goodbye to the friendliest and cleanest hostel we have encountered so far 'Cool Bananas' we caught the night bus to Airlie Beach ready for our sailing trip around the Whitsunday Islands ...
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