Sydney to Cairns Day 1

We didn't worry too much about setting an early alarm today after being out a bit late last night. We didn't plan on trying to fit anything in before we needed to go to the airport. Good thing we didn't plan anything because the weather was absolutely awful! Torrential rain, gray skies, and even some thunder when we were getting ready to leave.

We cleaned up the apartment before making our way to get the two buses we needed to get to the airport. Once at the airport, the chaos began when we went to the JetStar counter. People and suitcases were everywhere and not in an orderly manner. We waited a while to drop our bags, so I'm glad we gave ourselves two hours before the flight.

After the bags were finally dropped, we went through security, where my purse was emptied and put back through (no explanation as to why, they just emptied it and put all the individual items back through outside of the bag). Annoyed at all the delays standing between me and food, I packed my purse back up and we went to see what the one lounge was like. It was pretty crap, in a word, but it has some free sandwiches and bottles of juice so we grabbed a sandwich and juice and left for better pickings.

We went to a restaurant and used Priority Pass to get some lunch and beers which we rushed for finish only to have our flight be delayed with no message stating the delay. We finally boarded and had a relatively smooth flight.

Once in Cairns, we got our bags out of a very fun baggage claim where the bags went in and out of sea creatures' mouth and then we got the fanciest Uber to our hotel. The guy was super nice and his car has fake plants everywhere, pillows, and green lights. Certainly not wheat I expected when I went into that car. We got dropped off, checked in and settled. Then it was a late evening quest to get some breakfast and lunch for tomorrow atRead more