Cairns Day 1

Our first morning in Cairns was greeted with a cool morning, however I went for a bike ride into the Cairns CBD and around that area. It was very easy riding in and as I discovered I had a good tailwind. The return trip was considerably different as I had dropped about 6 km/hour in speed and the exertion was considerably more.

Later in the morning, we went into Cairns CBD for a brunch, at the Coast Roast Cafe with our Kimberley Karavan friends, Len and Sandra. It was lovely to sit and chat with them as we had not seen them for some time, the last time being in Lennox Head some time ago.

After brunch, we left Len and Sandra. We went and walked more of the Marina discovering more cafes and boats. From there we moved the Mazda and parked closer to the Rustys Markets. Prue collected a supply of fresh vegetables.

Sunlight on Cairns CBD from a distance

By the time we returned from the CBD it was into the afternoon so we did not have more than some fruit that sufficed for lunch. The remainder of the afternoon was spent reading and relaxing.

Late in the afternoon, we went to Alistair and Marilyn's home for a barbeque. Prue met them on her trip to Canada last year. We were joined later by some other of their friends, John and also Marilyn. While we were relaxing after the meal, we noticed a distress fare go up. Alistair called 000 to alert them and a little later the Police called back to say they had had other reports of it too. We have no knowledge if it was  for real but as we returned to the caravan park we could see the helicopter with its search light scouring the area.

Another lovely day.