Farewell to Cairns

Friday, 31 August 2018

Stand of small paperbarks

Waiting for a bird

Egret

Paperbarks and lake

Large cane toad in residence

Large cane toad in plastic bag

Library photos

Les and Det

The time has finally come for us to pack up in preparation for our departure from Cairns!

We used our time this week to revisit some of our favourite spots, with a walk along Palm Cove beach and a stroll around the Cattana Wetlands (keeping very keen eyes out for snakes!), enjoying not only the scenery but the balmy weather as well.  It has also been time for not only the final piece of car maintenance (air conditioner belt), final visit to the doctor, haircuts and ice creams, not to mention saying goodbye to the fish in Freshwater Creek and the butterflies.  We also played our final games of bowls and said goodbye to the many people we have come to know at Edge Hill.

Yesterday, Himself decided to pack up what he could and after folding up the storage cupboard outside, he lifted the piece of wooden floor it has been standing on.  Whilst underneath the floor was a good hidey hole for snakes, it was actually a very large cane toad which had taken up residence!  After we had all had a good look and taken photos, the rubber gloves were brought out, along with a garbage bag and the cane toad then spent the day tied up in a plastic bag in the garbage skip.

Carol and Det asked to have lunch with us at Barnacle Bill’s – the barramundi is still as good as ever – and then we returned to the Night Market later in the evening for some last minute souvenir shopping.  We finished the night with the visit to the Cairns City Library to view the Cairns Festival light show, which highlighted this year’s theme – Kaleidoscope!

Today was spent with last minute shopping (the refrigerator and freezer are now full), clearing the awning early while it was still cool, a visit to Rusty’s after lunch, followed by a foot massage – and another ice cream!