13:20: Tuesday 6th March. We anchored outside Yorkeys Knob on Monday morning and took a catamaran as a tender to the shore. We jumped into a taxi to get to Cairns quickly as there was a massive queue for the free shuttle buses.
This was our first taste of Australia and we both thought the same thing: why didn’t we consider emigrating years ago? We would not blame anyone for wanting to do it now.
A superb, friendly town with a beautiful seaside esplanade with a fountain that becomes a paddling pool that becomes a free swimming pool right on the water’s edge. We did some shopping in Woolworth’s (Australia’s Tesco) and bought some cold white NZ wine for consumption in our cabin.
This was our first taste of Australia and we both thought the same thing: why didn’t we consider emigrating years ago? We would not blame anyone for wanting to do it now.
A superb, friendly town with a beautiful seaside esplanade with a fountain that becomes a paddling pool that becomes a free swimming pool right on the water’s edge. We did some shopping in Woolworth’s (Australia’s Tesco) and bought some cold white NZ wine for consumption in our cabin.
While we were asleep, we were navigated through the Whitsunday Islands channel, at times only a mile wide.
Apparently, many people on board, like us, were so taken with Papua New Guinea that members of Rotary International are fund raising today to buy an incubator for the hospital in Raboul.
Today (Tuesday) is our final formal night. We will probably opt to go upstairs to the Orchid Grill (Asian fusion) restaurant. Jane has already packed one case and we are deciding what to keep for Sydney.
Tomorrow, we will be in Brisbane and (Millie and Oliver, you’d like this), we will be visiting a Koala Bear Sanctuary.
Ha ha, you've caught the Aussie bug, apparently they have raised the emigration age to 45 so I'm not past it yet!!! Enjoy the final week of your fantastic trip xxxx
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