OVERNIGHT: in Mission Beach at one of the popular hostels (share dormitory).

DAY 2: Raft the Tully River (Grade 4 rapids) with over 44 adrenalin pumping rapids. Australia's best one day whitewater adventure. Join a team of thrill seekers and experience 5 hours of adrenalin pumping excitement while your highly experienced river guide leads you through the rapids of the mighty Tully River.

Tully River, Australia - Sept 1999

This trip was done in the Tully River situated about 2 hours drive away from Cairns near the town of, what else, Tully. We had signed up with R n' R which stands for Raft and Rainforest and our pick-up place was about 2 minutes walk from Caravella - they share the same office as the Pro-Dive diveshop - pretty convenient for us, I thought. 7:00am was our time to be picked up by their dark green double-decker bus, which means that we have to wake up earlier for breakfast...otherwise no energy at all. Upon reaching their office at the Tully Country Club we were provided with morning tea/coffee with biscuits. Some were renting sandals and spray jackets. Then off we went to the river.

After organizing ourselves into groups of 7 (one raft sits 8, including the guide), Kelvin just came to us and had us organized. Shuhui sat beside me, and there's a brother sister group, and also a honeymoon couple with us (from London). Similar to other rafting trips I have gone to, the instructions were "Forward paddle", "Back paddle", "Over left", "Over right", and "On the job"...the last 3 to shift positions on the raft to either side. There's also a command "Great sex" meaning to jump up and down. Then we went through a small rapid to test the obedience of the team before going on the Theatre, our 1st big one. Not bad, and so we continued with the other ones with names like Corkscrew, Zigzag, Wet n' Moisty. etc.

One cool feature of this company is that they provided photographers at a few of the major falls, which we bought later. Also, the first 2 rafts to go over the rapids will have to wait by the side to do "safety", meaning the guide has to stand by the rapid to throw a rope in case someone went overboard. This happened a few times, one raft even capsized and threw everyone down!

There's also once Kelvin had everyone sit at the edge of the raft, and when we went over this waterfall, everbody just went overboard except for a few who refused to budge (like me). We also went thorugh under a waterfall, which the water is simply freezing. Lunch was at 12:30pm, and the another 2.5 hours after that before we change and left fro Cairns.

As always, a great day to raft. Excellent and very good guides...highly recommended.

http://www.cairnstravellers.com/tours-rnr-rafting.htm

Cairns Travellers ABN:76823700302  PO Box 66, Palm Cove, Queensland, Australia, 4879
Phone: +61 (07) 40531 054 Fax + 61 (07) 40532 569 info@cairnstravellers.com Bookings: +61 7 40531 054
Office Hours: 8:00am until 8:00pm AEST 7 Days a week

http://www.divethereef.com/Adventuretripdetail.asp?DTRIdx=-838727801

http://www.raft.com.au/tully.html

• 2 hrs of white water rafting
• Guaranteed water levels 
• Internationally Trained Guides
• All tuition - no experience necessary
• State of the art equipment
• Delicious tropical Devonshire tea available on take out
• Photos & Videos available
• All accommodation transfers

What to bring : Your Ticket, lace up shoes, swimming costume, change of dry clothes, towel, waterproof sunscreen, money for drinks and souvenirs (leave your jewellery at home). Min age 13 years.

http://www.surfsidebackpackers.com.au/

Barron River
 A fun filled 2 hours of White Water Rafting on grade 3 rapids. Experience the beautiful environment of the Barron River as your paddle down the river and rapids. In your raft is 8 people plus a guide; many of these are first time rafters. You will get wet and you may fall out!
Price: $88 + $20 Ins.

North Johnstone Multi-Day Rafting - THE ULTIMATE RAFTING EXPEDEDITION
Rapids to Grade 5

Take yourself on an experience that thrills every sense. Rated amongst the world’s top ten rafting tours, the North Johnstone is not just a rafting adventure, it is the ultimate expedition.

Helicopter is the only way in; rafting is the only way out. Experience a region that time has literally forgotten and take on extreme whitewater rarely challenged. It won’t be just the rafting that will blow your mind; the North Johnstone valley is utterly pristine ancient rainforest. To complete this epic journey, where your group will be the only humans within hundreds of square kilometers, is to become a rafting legend.

2 Day Expedition / 4 Day Expedition

http://www.raft.com.au/johnstone.html

TOUR INCLUDES

• Exhilarating 30 OR 60 minute balloon flight 
• Australia's most experienced balloon pilots
• Aussie bush breakfast with champagne 
• Accommodation Transfers Ex Cairns
• Personalised flight certificate
  

Blazing Saddles is a small family run operation, we only use the highest standard of equipment and we recently invested in the best stirrup in existence to reduce the risk of getting caught in the stirrup iron, that is the 'Saferider' safety stirrup  which has a highly engineered quick release mechanism used by professionals and recreation riders alike.

Meet Your Horse Our horses are well treated and maintained, have a friendly nature and will be matched to each rider's experience and ability. 

Breathtaking Ride Ride through beautiful bushland and rainforest, pausing at spectacular lookouts with panoramic views of the ocean, islands, beaches and surrounding hinterland. A few choice cantering spots will let you feel the wind in your hair.  Post Ride Refreshments
Return to Blazing Saddles stables and sit down to light refreshments prepared by our special catering staff with international experience. 

Safety Equipment of the Highest Standard
Safety Stirrups with quick release mechanism. 

What to Bring Jeans, covered shoes, sunscreen and a camera. 

Cairns/Kuranda Tour. Your adventure will either start or end at Caravonica Lakes Station. This magnificent ride takes you high up in the rainforest canopy. The flora is absolutely spectacular,  the air and smell or life  in rainforest canopy and the sweeping views of the Coral Sea are so different to what we know on the ground.  It really does take your breath away!

CABLE CARS LEAVE EVERY 15 MINUTES!

UNDERSEA WORLD
Meet our Marine Biologist for your groups comprehensive and enlightening guided tour, covering all the fish, corals and environmental aspects of our "Natural Wonder." Our scuba divers will enter our 220 000 litre Outer Barrier Reef Environment, wearing a state of the art communication mask, they talk to you underwater while they hand feed our many sharks and other magnificent marine animals. You can ask our divers questions as they're feeding the sharks.

With 20 different reef habitats, Undersea World Aquarium will show you a world that you didn't know existed. Magnificent sharks, stingrays, cods, giant maori wrasse, moray eels, stonefish, sea-horse, clams, corals, colourful tropical fish and so much more. You can aquaint yourself with all the amazing marine-life of Australia's Great Barrier Reef without getting wet

Blue Flag Special.

The most competitive price in town! Pay only for what you use!
This package suits the budget conscious traveler maintaining all the magic and safety of skydiving without some of the frills which you may then add on as you choose.

Pick up if required is $10 from the Cairns area or $15 from the Northern Beaches.
Hand Cam video option also available.

 LASER TAG

Laser Tag is an outdoor combat team sport much like paintball (skirmish), but better. It is fast paced and extreme.  Come as individual or bring your whole team.

Laser Tag is "electronic paintball". Laser Tag is an outdoor combat team sport much like skirmish, but better. It is fast paced and extreme. Unlike the old style arena indoor games you might have heard of, we play outdoors. Each team is equipped with infrared weapons and sensor helmets. Players shoot an invisible and harmless infrared beam, similar to the ones uses in your TV remote control. 

We play stand-alone missions like “Capture the Flag”. Plus we are able to adjust the number of hit points needed to "die" and configure re-generative shields so we can play more advanced missions like the Mobile Guerrilla Force of Vietnam, and the Australian Special Air Service Regiment.

Laser Tag is similar to any role-playing or interactive computer game each player takes on the role of a fictional character. You play your character much as you would in any role-playing/virtual setting but even more so. Instead of saying what actions your character takes you actually take those actions for real. Game mechanics are in place for handling difficult situations but for the duration of the game you are the person you are portraying. If you like extreme sports, paint ball (skirmish), or computer games you will love Laser Tag.

Attend one of our public sessions (Saturday or Sunday afternoon) and pay $25 per person

Rates - Travel In Our Vehicle

$640 per person (3 persons )
$820 per person (2 persons )

Two days; All meals provided, morning & afternoon teas, camping accommodation, camping on grounds