Life Down Under- Cairns Edition
This week took me to the tropics. I flew all the way up to Cairns for a week while my host family took a holiday to Bali . I still can't quite get my head around Cairns , it was such an odd little place. It's far too small to be a city, there were no tall buildings, and the centre basically consisted of a strip of clubs, hostels, supermarkets, pubs and tattoo parlours- effectively just services that are aimed at backpackers. It was quite surreal to be surrounded by the Rainforest, too. No matter where you went you drove through luscious green scenery, with clouds lurking amongst the tallest trees. It was so beautiful, but unfortunately, the fact I was in the RAINforest definitely reflected in the weather. Turns out March is one of the only months of the year that's considered part of the 'rainy season'. On average, in March alone Cairn's rainfall is around half of the UK 's rainfall in an entire year. This definitely put a dampener on my trip. Ironica...