Day 1

We left Bathurst at 5am and a chilly -2°. While 9am was a little too early for Di and I, Matt started the holidays with a breakfast beer. Landed at Cairns and reeeeally enjoyed the heat. OurMeer informatie
We left Bathurst at 5am and a chilly -2°. While 9am was a little too early for Di and I, Matt started the holidays with a breakfast beer. Landed at Cairns and reeeeally enjoyed the heat. OurMeer informatie
Picked up a car and decided to drive to Port Douglas. Didn't see any crocs but we did visit a mango farm and bought some mango wine. Finished the day with Thai takeaway on the boardwalk.
Up early for white-water tubing through the rainforest....picture shows who fell in and who didn't 🤣. Then off to Botanic Gardens on Gerry's (Gardening Australia) recommendation. Bit disappointedMeer informatie
Another early start as we go looking for Nemo and Dory out on the reef. The travel-calm packet said 1 -2 tablets, so I took 2 and promptly fell asleep. as did Camby. 1st stop was really rough waterMeer informatie
We caught the train up to Kuranda today - an old red-rattler - and spent a couple of hours looking around. The butterfly house was pretty but the bird house was better... even Matt enjoyed it! TheMeer informatie
Today we jumped in the car to explore the Atherton Tablelands. A very long, windy road took us into the clouds and from there we wandered around, stopping at points of interest along the way. We sawMeer informatie
While the boys went to look at tanks - 3rd largest collection in the world, the girls went shopping. Then a short drive to Palm Cove, supposedly the best beach in the far north; we must have got it onMeer informatie
Set off early to catch the flight home. Di felt a bit off when we landed and by "Maccas in the Mountains" was feeling worse. She did a covid test when she got home and was positive...followed byMeer informatie