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My last day of my travels! Wow. It's been great. The whole thing. Absolutely great.
Today was my last full day so I did something a bit special - I went hang-gliding.

Me and my hang-glider

Well, I tried. I met my instructor, Kevin, on the top of a Cliff overlooking the sea, and we got the glider prepared and ran off into the air, but after a few minutes we had to land because the wind conditions weren't right at all! But it was a fun few minutes! It was a cool feeling to be hanging there over the trees and the sea. So once we landed on the beach we packed up and drove back up to the take off point to have another go, btu it was clear this attempt would be just as futile as the first. I was a bit disappointed, but at least I'd got up in the air. But then Kevin said, "well I have a micro-light, do you want to have a go in that instead?" So we drove to the tiny take-off strip where he kept his micro-light and we took a half hour flight along the coast. It was brilliant! We flew down low over the sea and over the mangrove swamps and spotted hundred of turtles and a shark!

A leisurely flight around Port Douglas

The scenery was beautiful, and the weather couldn't have been better! When we were finished he drove me to the nearest town so I could catch the bus back to Cairns, and whilst I was waiting I had the best fish and chips I've had in Australia! So it was a pretty amazing last day.

I leave for the airport tomorrow morning at about 9am, so it's goodbye for now, see you back in England for my 'and now for something different' summary!
xxxxx

Cairns, Australia