Day 88/89 - Cairns

 Day 88 - Friday - 14/8/2026

Today we drove to the Cairns Aquarium where we looked at a whole bunch of fish. We started at the freshwater section where we saw a heap of fish, some Eels and a few Turtles. 

A moray eel

Then we went over to the river monsters where we saw a lot of big fish like Sawfish and Stingrays. 

Stingray

After that we went up the lift and walked over to the rainforest section where we saw some Snakes, Turtles and of course fish. 

Tree Snake

We kept walking over to the escarpment area where there were a few Monitors some fish and also some other reptiles like Frilled-neck Lizards. 

 Lizard

Soon we reached the mangroves where there was a juvenile Saltwater Crocodile. Then we walked to the upper deep reef where we saw hundreds of fish swimming around in a large tank. 

Lionfish

Next, we went back down the lift to the oceanarium where we got to go through a glass tunnel surrounded with water and fish. 

Me and Seb in a small part of the tunnel

Finally, we went to the lower deep reef which was the same tank as the upper reef just lower to the ground. 

A camouflaged rockfish

Once we finished the aquarium we walked over to this restaurant call iDumplings where we had lunch and then we drove to the Botanic Gardens where we went on a few walks looking at all the various plant species.

Us in the Botanic Gardens


Day 89 - Saturday - 15/8/2026

Today we drove to the mall where we did some shopping and then went to the Cairns waterfront where we saw a super rare bird called the Common Redshank, despite its name it is very rare in Australia but not in other countries, annoyingly it was too far away to get any pictures. 

Far Eastern Curlew

There was also one thing different about today compared to other days on the trip and that is it actually rained, for the whole day it was lightly raining which I hadn't experienced since about the second day of the trip.

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