On my way
2016年6月20日, ベルギー ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Finally, after weeks/months of planning, it's really happening! I'm moving to Australia!
It will take me 3 flights and 28 hours to get to Cairns. But I'm sure it will be all worth it!
Brussels - Doha
2016年6月20日, カタール ⋅ ☀️ 39 °C
My first flight takes me to Doha, Qatar. After a smooth check in, I settle down for the first flight. About 6 hours, 3 movies and a chicken pomodore later, I arrive at Doha. Unfortunatly with half anもっと詳しく
Doha - Perth
2016年6月21日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
After the quick transfer, I manager to get to my next plane on time. This time it will take about 10 hours 50 minutes to get to Perth. I am very lucky and manage to have an entire row of seats toもっと詳しく
Perth - Cairns
2016年6月21日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
In Perth, I have about 5 hours to change flights, which means alot of waiting. While waiting to check in, I ate some waffles. The flight was short (less than 4 hours), but also quite cramped.
By theもっと詳しく
Cairns
2016年6月22日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
At my first day in Cairns, I mainly try to stay awake. This way the jet leg should be less of a problem. In the morning I feel fine, so I start walking into town. Before I leave I quickly change intoもっと詳しく
Swimming Lagoon
2016年6月23日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
After a weldeserved rest, it was time to cool down. No better place to do that then a lovely swimming pool. Cairns had this lovely outdoor salt water pool that is free to use. It comes in handy sinceもっと詳しく
Botanical gardens and Mount Whitfield
2016年6月23日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
This morning, I bumped into Janet in the hostel. She was planning to go to the botanical gardens. Since I wanted to visit them as well, i decided to join her.
After we walked there, we startes byもっと詳しく
Shopping
2016年6月24日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
After half an hour in the sun this morning, it was time to cool down. No better place to do that than an airconditioned shopping centre. Since I was adviced to buy a hat (being white as I am), thatもっと詳しく
Cape Tribulation day trip
2016年6月25日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Today, I went to visit Cape Tribulation. It's part of the Daintree rainforest.
It was an amazing day full of wonderfull experiences.
We drove out of Cairns early in the morning. The drive took usもっと詳しく
Rainforest walk
2016年6月25日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
A 45-minute walk through the heart of the rainforest. This rainforest is the longest living forest of it's kind. Being millions of years older than the Amazon. I learned about the different plants andもっと詳しく
Daintree crocodile cruise
2016年6月25日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
A one hour cruise on the Daintree to spot some wildlife. We spotted several crocodiles, including scarface (the alpha male) and some baby crocodiles. We also saw some other animals and cruised alongもっと詳しく
Mossman Gorge
2016年6月25日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Our last stop on the Cape Tribulation trip was Mossman Gorge. A lovely area in the rainforest where two rivers from the mountains come together. The water was very clear and you could see the fishもっと詳しく
Lunch at the beach
2016年6月26日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
A lovely lunch at the beach, with some lovely views of cape Tribulation itself. The cape Captain Cook saw when he crashed into the great barrier reef with his ship, while discovering Australia.
Thereもっと詳しく
Rain and crocodile sausage
2016年6月26日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Quiet day today, perfect to get behind my laptop and do some planning. I now got a general idea of what's happening in the next month :-)
This afternoon it rained pretty heavily for about an hour.もっと詳しく
Diving on the Great Barrier Reef
2016年6月27日, Coral Sea ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
This morning I got up early for what was to become an amazing day!
After a quick check-in, I got on board of the Passions of Paradise sailing boat. The weather a bit grey, bit still nicely warm. Weもっと詳しく
Waterfalls
2016年6月29日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
At breakfast, I bumped into Janet again. She was telling me how some friends were picking her up for a trip to some waterfalls. Since I had no real plans, I asked if they had a spare seat for me. Andもっと詳しく
Cairns - Townsville - Magnetic Island
2016年6月30日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
After a week in Cairns, it is time to move south to see a bit more of the east coast. At 8 in the morning, I get on the Greyhound bus. A six hour drive will bring me to Townsville, where I will get aもっと詳しく
Bungalow bay koala village
2016年6月30日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
I just arrived on Magnetic Island and checked in to my home for the next 6 nights. It is pretty cool out here.
I sleep in a six bed bungalow which has its own bathroom inside. It's in the middle ofもっと詳しく
Magnetic Island - Day 1
2016年7月1日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
It's my first full day on the Island, and after a good night sleep, I headed off to Pleasure Divers to start my diving course.
After filling out some paperwork, we head straight for the pool. 10 lapsもっと詳しく
Magnetic Island - Day 2
2016年7月2日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Up bright and early to head to the diving centre again. We get straight into the pool again to practice some more skills and finish up with some theory and a test. I passed, so Monday and Tuesday,もっと詳しく
Magnetic Island - day 3
2016年7月3日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Again a nice and sunny day on the island.
This morning Heidi, Simon and Emile showed me some hidden secrets on horseshoe bay. The butterfly foreat and a beautiful lagoon. I met this lively familyもっと詳しく
Magnetic island - day 4 & 5
2016年7月4日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
I did my four qualification dives! Three on Monday, one more on Tuesday. Despitw the rain Monday morning, we got All geared up and we walked into the ocean at Alma bay.
All the dives went well asもっと詳しく
Magnetic Island to Townsvillle
2016年7月6日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
After a calm morning, I headed back to the main land with the ferry. It's hard saying goodbye to such a beautiful island!
Once arrived and settled in the hostel in Townsville, I headed out to theもっと詳しく
Castle Hill
2016年7月7日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
This morning, I walked up castle hill (apparently only a few metres short of being called castle mountain). I knew that it was going to be quite a climb, but once I started, it seemed to beもっと詳しく
Reef aquarium + Townsville
2016年7月7日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
In the afternoon, I went to the reef aquarium. It has a massive piece of reef inside, where you can see all kinds of tropical fish. When you walk through the glass tunnel, you get to see predators onもっと詳しく





































































































