Day one!

The 28th may Jenna and Me took the flight from London Heathrow to Singapore, with British airways (the worst journey i have ever made) 12 hrs of being squashed, i was also seated next to a man who looked like Harrold from neighbours (actual name Jeffery) he was our first Australian contact, as he offered help if traveling through Sydney on our journey's which we definitely will be. The next 5 hrs were not so bad with Australian Airlines much more room to breath. Once we finally arrived in Cairns it was so strange to see tropical trees just outside of the doors, it was 4.40 when we arrived so we hung around for a bit awaiting the hostel to open. We got in a taxi to our hostel about 6am, which was a bit scary as it was a fair distance still we arrived. When we arrived the hostel was still closed, so there is Jenna and Me stranded first night in Oz and then we had the pleasure of a cockroach to welcome us home! After a bit of a wait we was allowed to book into our room (upgrade from dorm of 4 to a twin RESULT)but still on first impressions we were gobsmacked to see how basic and dingy the room was, however after 3 days, were already used to the budget accommodation (apparently better than yet to be seen), and creepy crawlies!
We had a little walk through the town in the afternoon, finding there to be a lot of Restaurants, and tour operators, and very big roads, we almost got ran over trying to cross one, and very disorientated trying to understand street signs etc!!
Later on in the night we went out for our discounted dinner at the woolshed, which later on turned into a pub/club. The music was great (same as at home) and we were shouted up our first round of drinks from a couple of Australians called Joey and Craig. They were from Sydney and New zealand (our second lot of contacts and possible shared accommodation)however Joey tried to kiss Jenna so we did never bother to email and meet. So that was our first day : ) p.s forgot to say we also had sun burnt within 20mins, was very hot compared to sunny England!