The ironman of travel Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

Australia

Great Barrier Reef Islands

Green Island

Quicksilver Cruise & Flight

Sky safari

Prologue

Epilogue

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My trip changed a lot due to a chance encounter with Kaori Inagaki (27),
who works twice a week as a volunteer at the information center.
It is unexpected that you will be taken care of from what to what.
The encounter on a trip is strange.

Package trips run around in a short period of time to see many things and go home.
Such a trick is very impossible for our age.
A leisurely and leisurely trip depending on the weather.
The climate in October is cool and I like the casual style of only half-bread and T-shirts.
It's okay to wear sandals at a casino, a restaurant, or it's okay, so it's helpful.

In Cairns, tourists line up on the main street for sale in the wilderness.
It is a tourist destination where you can see Japanese.
Hundreds of Japanese students stay on working holiday.
That's how safe it is.
I meet many Japanese tourists, but I also notice Japanese signboards with shutters closed.

The area is extremely large, and it is enough to make 7,000 soccer fields in 3000km.
The Japanese archipelago also fits in completely.
A world natural heritage of an order of magnitude.
I've seen it in postcards, but I was curious about its charm.

The world's largest coral reefs, the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef
I came to confirm its beauty from the sea to the sky with a semi-submarine.
The world heritage "Great Barrier Reef" has grown into a coral reef over millions of years.

I was expecting Green Island.
I don't know how good it is for day trips.
Some of the tranquility of morning and evening can only be experienced on the Island.
It's usually a sideways idea to go on a day trip to the Island.
I have to stay at least one night.
Next time, I will return early to see from the sky.
(Memo: Helicopter sightseeing is A $ 148 per person 5 times a day.
Early application is recommended on board)

Snorkel wears bodysuit

Greenland

Cairns city

Part of the Great Barrier Reef, a World Natural Heritage Site)

The crocodiles in the park don't move at all.
Crocodile food is once a week.
Eat two chickens at a time.
Other than that, it doesn't move.
20-year-old crocodile.
The area around his face is covered with moss and I don't feel any fragments of ferociousness, but I am amazed at the size of 5m50cm in length.

Leave my luggage in the locker and go for a walk on the Island.
Crocodile damage occurs every year in Cairns.
There is a "human-eating crocodile" feeding show in the crocodile garden on the Island.
This is also too late due to time constraints.
The wood carvings made by Aborigines are very similar to those from Papua New Guinea.

According to the guide on the Island, jellyfish have been generated from a week ago, and small jellyfish are very dangerous.
Immediately after being stabbed, go to the hospital.
The snorkel tools I brought with me are also useless.
It can't be helped without a bodysuit.
I gave up snorkeling today.

High-speed boats located 27km east-northeast from the Cairns pier are always full (45 minutes A $ 73)
The Island is a 40-minute walk slowly.
Buy a 20% OFF ticket at a travel agency in town.
This is profitable A short boat trip arrives at Green Island Pier.
Japanese staff are enthusiastically soliciting sales of activities on board.

Inside the island

Green Island diving scenery

Cairns pier

Wood carving of crocodile garden

A walk in the sea on a semi-submarine

10 minutes helicopter excursion (Cairns, travel agency A $ 220) I was surprised that the local price was cheaper.
If you don't know the trip, you lose.
The Island is crowded with day tour guests.
Locker facilities and changing rooms are not good.
For some reason, I don't feel like going into the sea too much.

Green Island pier

Island beach

No swimming due to jellyfish

Body length 5m50cm

Greenland

Mid-1800s, booming with sea cucumber fishing

1906 The newspaper reports on the forecast of hotel construction, the beginning of the tourism industry

Designated as a national park in 1937

1940 Hotel construction

　　　　　　Green Island is a sandbar (cay) where coral reefs are deposited.

　　　　　　The Aboriginal tribe, whose territory is this Island, manages the Island.

　　　　　　Aborigines call Green Island "Unyami" and make it a sanctuary even now, ceremonies, tribal cultural events and the benefits of resources from the sea continue with traditional customs.

1974 Coral reefs around the Island are marine parks

1981 Registered as a World Natural Heritage Site

1990 Contributed a few percent from the tour fee as a natural asset management fee

From the sky on Green Island

From the sky on Green Island

From the sky on Green Island

From the sky on Green Island

From the sky on Green Island

From the sky on Green Island

Contrast with coral reefs from white to blue.
She falls in love with the sighing Blue Lagoon.
She swallowed her raw spit into the scene under her eyes and opened her eyes.
The earth seen from space may look like this.
40-minute air travel the moment you land, you will be impressed as if you returned to the earth from a space trip.
Ah ~ wonderful her thank you.

Napoleon fish　

Only 40 minutes to the pier near the hotel on the way back.
Pay 10% deposit and depart the next sunrise.
The boat runs fast under computer control.
I am surprised that there are three Japanese on board the staff.
The language barrier is also a relief.
All explanations are in Japanese, but there are other Japanese passengers in the newlyweds.

Volunteer twice a week.
I don't think the kind and polite reception is very 27 years old.
Quick advice.
Thanks to the encounter, the impression of Cairns has improved.
An ideal course for buses and high-speed boats on the outbound route and helicopters (A $ 499) on the return route.
From Cairns to Port Douglas (a celebrity harbor) 1 hour 30 minutes, then another 1 hour 30 minutes by high-speed boat.

Great Barrier Reef (G.B.R) Agincourt Reef in the northernmost part of Cairns.
(90 minutes by boat from Port Douglas) has a reputation for transparency NO1.
I jump into the information center if I want to go there.
The reception is Kaori Inagaki, a graduate student.

Great Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef

Maritime stage

Quicksilver

Underwater slide show

Pontoon on the sea stage

As expected, G.B.R., which boasts the best in the world overwhelm all scales.
It's too early for the time to pass.
Move by boat to the base where the helicopter waits.
People's envy from the boat looking up.
A world heritage slide show unfolds the view from the sky.

Peek into the sea of the World Heritage Reef.
Giant Barry, Giant Trevally, Snappers, Napoleon Fish.
The dreamlike world of Ryugu Castle.
When you go a little offshore, you can swim with small fish.
Various miscellaneous fish come near to give you directions.
Where is Kotetsu? Maybe she's crazy about snorkeling too.

Snappers

Giant Barry

The high-speed catamaran from Port Douglas arrives at Pontoon on the sea stage so that it can slide without worrying about shaking.
The world's largest out leaf offshore base with a total length of 50m.
It gives the illusion of a spacewalk base.
Full body suit for jellyfish (A $ 5) Everything else is a free system.

Great Barrier Reef

Semi-submarine

Green Island from the sky

Michaelmas Cay

Sky safari for the ultimate in luxury.
The beauty of the popular secret of "Green Island" could be confirmed from the view from the sky.
I can't put it into words.
Great Barrier Reef from the sky recommended by Tetsujin.
Please take a look at it all at once.
A moving journey where the splendor of the earth was confirmed with my own eyes.
I can't find the words to speak.

Green Island from the sky

Green Island from the sky

Service to raise altitude, stay at low altitude, and land on the turning " Michaelmas Cay" (small sandbar) this time.
Each G.B.R has a different look.
There is no such thing as a blue picture scroll of a coral reef that has accumulated over millions of years.
This is still just a small part of G.B.R. The sea shines in the oblique light of the sun and the blue lagoon shines conspicuously.

By chance, the same person as yesterday among many pilots.
This is lucky! All the courses are in my hands, and I look at the map to indicate the flight course.
I feel like I'm a pilot.
OK departure.
Very satisfied with the way of flying different from yesterday.
Easy to take pictures.
The only unfortunate thing is that sometimes the sun hides in the clouds.

Great Barrier Reef with an unimaginable area.
I wanted to see more of the other reefs, and my curiosity looked into my face again.
This time, take the plunge and charter for an hour (A $ 1470) Of course, with Kaori Inagaki's coordination, the number of people is up to 3 "Do you ride Kaori?" "Really?"
Three people participated in the Sky Safari.

Green Island from the sky

Cairns city pool

A seafood party continues endlessly with Kaori Inagaki,
who is invited to cook at a condominium, and a young beauty of a roommate Francis (American) international student.
The end is miso soup brought from Japan.
The soup stock taken with the shrimp's head added umami, and they said that it didn't have such a delicious taste.
I'm happy with the compliment.

If the miso soup brought from Japan is delicious ..

Weighing a helicopter, the price is not the same as the 190 cm 119 kg Australian.
I think that it is possible to wipe out unhealthy people by paying by weight.
A lot of seafood purchased from information obtained from Japanese anglers in the early morning.
The taxi fare is $ 20 for a round trip, but the tuna,
shrimp, scallops, and salmon that I bought are all Japanese tastes after a long absence.

Traveler Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

One palm-sized mango is 300 yen.
4 apples are 160 yen.
Wine tasting and cheese tasting.
All of these are less than half the price of supermarkets.
Curiosity peeks into a little-known spot that is not on the tourist map.
Massage shop only for Japanese staff.
The night market is unique because the price is determined by the size of the plate.
It is natural to get fat.

Great Barrier Reef from Cairns to Brisbane Sky

The trip depends on the weather.
Strong winds blew on Fraser Island, but heavy rains hit Cairns.
It feels like this rain has saved the wildfires that occur every day in Australia.
On rainy days, the main street is as quiet as a holiday, and heavy rain is a blessing of nature.
It's a good rest day for tourists.

World Natural Heritage Sea Great Barrier Reef.
90% of the sea area consisting of 3000 coral reefs and 900 Islands is designated.
I could only see a part of it, but I was still overwhelmed by the location that exceeded my expectations.
"Kaori" will guide you around the city of Cairns.
Market where locals go (Saturday and Sunday) Cheap and fresh vegetables are piled up.

October 14-21, 2009
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Traveling Iron Man Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

Chinese food, sushi, seafood and anything else

Two people who graduated in November and enjoyed traveling to Kaori's parents' home (Tokyo) Osaka and Kyoto.
"November 18" Promised to meet again in Osaka and disbanded.
A mysterious encounter with the edge of the trip.
One more Island to leave around the Islands of the earth " A toast to the Great Barrier Reef in the world.

Local market

Local market

Kaori

Cairns a long time ago was more booming, and it seems that there were a lot of tourists from Kansai.
Now it's less than half that loneliness.
7 hours for direct flights to Kansai people.
The inconvenience of taking more than 10 hours around the Gold Coast.

pipe organ

A popular night market that is crowded until 11:00 pm

Gold coast

Kotetsu's one word

A magnificent world natural heritage sea.
The spectacular view from the sky is more beautiful than expected The Great Barrier Reef, where the color of the sea changes with light
I was fascinated by the breathtaking blue contrast.

My wife Midori, Kaori Inagaki, Francis

Japanese angler I met at the port (based in Cairns)

　Writer

fish store's relatives

Wildfires almost every day

Cairns sunset

Helicopter excursion

Night market