The Reef - Cairns Sharehouse
Cairns Central Sharehouse, is a 2 minute stroll to the Cairns Cinemas which is due to release Australia’s latest scary movie “The Reef”.
The film, tells the story of four friends who are forced to swim to a nearby island after their yacht capsizes on the Great Barrier Reef and the group is then stalked by a killer great white shark.
Cairns cheap Backpacker accommodation such as the Cairns Central Sharehouse is busy with backpackers who have already experienced a tour from Cairns exploring the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef. Cairns backpackers know from their own Great Barrier Reef experience on many of the fantastic backpacker budget priced reef boats that the movie is based on fiction rather than fact, because as any diving instructor or dive master will tell you great whites are not known to venture any further north than Hervey Bay and as all backpackers that have made it to Cairns know is about a 15 hour drive south from Cairns.
Regardless of the truth, what a great way to add more adrenalin packed stories to your Great Barrier Reef experience and scare your friends and relatives silly, simply watch the movie (cheap Tuesday of course, we are backpackers after all) and then you can let everyone know that you swam, snorkelled and or dived the Great barrier Reef which was where the film was made.
With the Cairns cinemas cheap Tuesdays you could make a great night out of it, go with your fellow backpackers from Cairns Central Sharehouse, stopping off first at any of the many budget priced Cairns backpacker restaurants and cafes which are only around the corner from Cairns Central Sharehouse and on the route to the Cinemas. The team at Cairns Central Sharehouse will be able to give you all the details on how to find out what showing at the Cairns cinemas and at what times the movies are showing.
The movie “The Reef” reminded us of a dive trip about 15 years ago from Cairns to the Cod Hole and Lizard Island, there were backpackers scuba diving from many different countries including 4 Japanese backpackers. About the second day into the dive trip they stopped near a sandy cay and two of the Japanese backpackers went to the sand island for a look along with some other backpackers, as they approached the sand cay one of the Japanese guys jumped from the dive tender and landed right on top of a reef shark which was about 350mm in length (I mean I have seen bigger gold fish), anyway the poor startled tiny shark suddenly had this little Japanese foot thrust past its mouth and one of the sharks baby teeth grazed this guys foot – the Japanese backpacker got the shock of his life and everyone else on the dive tender couldn’t speak for laughing, it was a tears rolling down the face moment for us all.
Later after getting back on the dive ship, having dinner and of course a couple of beers, we started hearing loud cheering and the flash of a camera going off, then more cheers and more camera flash, so we go to the bow of the boat (the pointy bit at the front) and there is our Japanese backpacker friend having his photo taken, as all the discussion was in Japanese I asked what all the fuss was about? “He will be a hero in Japan” was the rough translation, “he survive Shark Attack on Great Barrier Reef”, so there you have it, if you want to be a hero in Japan all you have to do is survive a shark attack on the Great Barrier Reef – needless to say it was another great night spent with fellow backpackers in Australia.
Cheap backpackers accommodation in Cairns If you are staying for more than one month in Cairns, contact Cairns Central Sharehouse and save some money on your Cairns accommodation.
Please note:
No animals were killed or injured during this dive trip, however a Japanese backpackers underpants required replacing and the fridge needed restocking.
