Arrival in Australia

After a very long series of flights and layovers, we arrived in Cairns, on the North Eastern coast of Australia, on November 27th.

Cairns is a tourist town that is generally a gateway to all kind of other places, but in itself is pretty boring. We used Cairns as a starting point to settle in Australia, and we thought it would be a good place to get set up. We found out that starting in Cairns before X-Mas isn't a great idea, as all the locals and alot of backpackers do the same. As Ofer Manor says - for us, tourist traps are packed during the Jewish holidays, because all of Israel is on vacation. But on XMas, the whole rest of the world is on vacation, which packs in the vacation areas a little bit more than our 6 million...

In the end we found the last available campervan in Cairns and rented it (or as they say here - "hired" it) for well over its regular price. But the alternative was buying a 1988 Ford Falcon for $4000, so that is the choice we took. From here, it's trekking down the east coast in our new home!