CAIRNS AQUARIUM & KURANDA

Thursday, 11 July 2019

Privacy at last!

Looking through a fish tank

Turtle tummy

Water python tummy

"On the reef"

On the Skyrail

First Lookout 

Barron Falls Lookout...

...and the see-through walkway

Crashed plane at Kuranda

Not keen on the "Hippie Market"

Dinosaur in the rainforest?

Move over, Indiana Jones

We have had a couple of busy days and a quiet day with Jack.  On Monday night, the heavens opened and it RAINED!!!  The rain continued Tuesday morning, and most of the afternoon before easing.  Fortunately, the postman arrived before lunch on Tuesday and Jack was able to finally erect his “bedroom.”  We also introduced Jack to lunch at Cazaly’s on Tuesday before joining all the other tourists (and many locals on school holidays) at the Cairns Aquarium.  Jack took photos of all the fish and reptiles – his parents will have many hours of photo viewing when he returns home!  Unfortunately, the blue interior light didn’t help with colour photography.  The rain had cleared by the time we were ready to leave for bowls but quite a few of the regulars were evidently worried about more rain happening.  We managed to complete one game before the rain set in once again and it was a mutual decision by all players to have an early night.

Wednesday was a perfect day, weatherwise, with Jack spending a fair amount of time in or around the pool.  He did go for a bike ride during the afternoon and came back wet through, after managing to fall into the pool somehow.  Roast lamb for dinner (with lashings of gravy) was the perfect end to the day for Jack.

Today, Jack and I boarded the Skyrail for the trip to Kuranda – along with all the tourists who were at the aquarium on Tuesday!!!  We left the gondola at Red Peak for a walk through the rainforest before continuing to the Barron Falls Station – and the new lookout with see-through flooring.  Our departure from Barron Falls was delayed when the gondalas came to a sudden halt (before we boarded) and didn’t move for some time.  We eventually arrived at the Kuranda terminal, had the obligatory photograph taken, which we declined to buy (there were three other strangers in the gondala with us, after all) and then bumped into a couple from Ulverstone.  Needless to say, Jack became bored while Les talked to the couple.  We eventually took the shuttle bus to the top of the village and Jack made a beeline for the markets; we looked at every stall in every market, looked in every shop (except feminine clothing stores), looked at every crystal and opal and tried on many hats.  Jack eventually decided to purchase a mini stock whip, after joining the lady from the shop in treating the passing tourists to a whip cracking display.  He also managed to complete his gift shopping in the many tourists shops in the village.