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First day at the scuba diving course
Today we only learnt the theoretical part of the course. We went snorkeling for about half an hour in the 3 Meter deep pool at Diver Den in Cairns. We also had a small swimming test which included floating without a floor beneath you and swimming 250 m without stopping. View on the pool from the theory room. In total we were 5 people out of whom 4 were International Students.
Kuranda Scenic Railway
Today some other students and I went to Kuranda. Kuranda is a small village with about 2000 residents. There are three ways to get to this village. You can either go by car on a road, take the Kuranda Scenic Railway (a train built in the 1950s), or the Skyrail which is a gondola. In the morning at about 9 o'clock we boarded the train and 20 minutes later we were on our way to the village. The train stopped in front of a waterfall for ten minutes in which we were allowed to get off the train and take pictures. After these ten minutes it was only about 15 minutes to the end destination: Kuranda. In the village there were a few things to visit. The location we went to was a park in which you could see crocodiles, koalas an kangaroos. The kangaroos were really adorable. After that we went to the market which is well known in the village. Belts and purses made out of crocodile scales, all kinds of different spices and lots of food were only some of the things you could see in the marke...
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