tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50831096951512282152024-03-13T10:30:23.399+11:00Les and Pauline's TravelsThe online travel diary of Les and Pauline's fabulous adventures!Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.comBlogger1005125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-30048273260194767422019-09-22T10:12:00.002+10:002019-09-22T10:12:58.894+10:00FINAL DAYS<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Sunday, 22 September
2019</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Itchy swallow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ferry arriving at Sorrento</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorrento</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>HMAS Melbourne</i> passing through the Heads</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With Norm, Margaret and Milton</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yachts at Sorrento</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New additions to the caravan park</td></tr>
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Melbourne – a time for shopping and a time for eating with
friends and relations!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tuesday for our
first day of retail therapy and our first stop, by pure coincidence, happened
to be having their half-yearly sale!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
didn’t take long for the shirt collection to increase!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were also able to find some good bargains
at the DFO (he resisted the temptation for more shirts), with some early
Christmas shopping being stored under the bed later in the day.<br />
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On Wednesday, we drove to Sorrento, parked the car and
crossed to Queenscliffe on the ferry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>During the forty minute voyage, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">HMAS
Melbourne</i> crossed our bows and we were able to watch her pass through the
Heads on her final voyage before being decommissioned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were met at the dock by Norm and taken to
the Jack Rabbit Winery, where we joined Milton and Margaret for an al fresco
lunch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The weather was just superb –
clear skies, warm, no wind and Port Phillip Bay was like a millpond.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was wonderful to be able to sit beside the
water and enjoy the food and company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Our return voyage to Sorrento went without mishap, although we did pass
the alternate ferry sitting quietly in the middle of the Bay, going no where and
waiting for assistance; so glad we didn’t take the earlier sailing!<br />
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Thursday was another lunch time dining experience at
Steeples Bistro, Mornington.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We joined
Sandra and Trevor for a very pleasant and long lunch, before returning to say
goodbye to Sally and Paul, who were sailing home that evening.<br />
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Friday was HOT!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
weather gets hot, the only place to be is an air conditioned shopping centre,
so it was off to Chadstone to help with the Victorian economy – and add to the
shirt collection!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was amazing that we
could walk five kilometres in a shopping centre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That evening, we were collected by Gary and
taken to a lovely restaurant, Waterfront, at Frankston; time to catch up with
different family news.<br />
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Saturday was cold, very windy and showery and after eating
so much the previous few days, we decided on a quiet day with light food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rain cleared overnight, although the temperature
remained cool for our final day before catching the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spirit of Tasmania</i> very late tonight.<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-88150341047831733402019-09-16T17:51:00.002+10:002019-09-16T17:51:52.377+10:00COMPLETING THE CIRCLE<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Monday, 16 September
2019</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coffee at the Dog on the Tuckerbox</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barramundi (and bubbles) at Yering Station</td></tr>
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We have completed this year’s circle and arrived in
Melbourne today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We departed the Lake
Macquarie region early on Saturday morning, with Moss Vale our intended
destination for that day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All went well
on the motorway south to Sydney, crossing the Hawkesbury River along with many
other vehicles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travelling through
Pennant Hills, Sydney, went well and TomTom soon had us back on the motorway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had only travelled a short distance when
TomTom said “Exit the motorway,” so we did and started wending our way through
Sydney streets, with no real idea where we were or actually headed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was at this time that TomTom decided it
was all too hard and lapsed into a coma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Great!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No where to pull off, no
idea which direction signs we should be following.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Discovered that TomTom had actually run out
of power as the USB plug connector had failed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Pulled over as soon as possible, retrieved iPad from caravan plus new
connector and continued on our way, with much muttering about TomTom’s weird
directions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We discovered the next day
that there had been a fatal accident on the motorway, hence the deviation
directions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel along the motorway
south of Sydney was very, very slow (about 25km/h), with much discussion among
the truckies, some of whom have a very limited vocabulary!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We eventually arrived at Moss Vale for our
overnight stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A rather strange caravan
park in a lovely town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Set on the side
of a hill, the permanent vans/cabins scattered about among caravan sites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only a limited number of sites were able to
accommodate a longer caravan and no effort had been made to level the sites –
we walked around the caravan leaning towards the front.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The shower wouldn’t drain, either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a pile of bricks at each site to
help raise the jockey wheel and jacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not keen on having the jockey wheel sitting on half a dozen different
sized bricks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We suffered a very noisy
afternoon and night; were quite glad to leave the next morning.<br />
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Left Moss Vale early on Sunday, with a 500km drive planned
for Sunday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The area around
Mittagong/Bowral/Moss Vale was very green and looked very prosperous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We continued south on the Hume Motorway –
very easy driving with no trucks and light traffic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had our second stop of the day at the Dog
on the Tuckerbox and managed to arrive a few minutes before Sally and Paul
left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will see them again on
Tuesday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our next stop was at Holbrook
for fuel and lunch, before arriving at Wangaratta’s Painted Island Caravan
Park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a lovely quiet and
peaceful park, most welcome after the previous night.<br />
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Monday morning was cool and it wasn’t long before the
threatened rain commenced as we continued south along the Hume Motorway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More trucks and vehicles today!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We left the motorway at Seymour, heading
towards Yea and the Yarra Valley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
last year’s experience, we couldn’t really drive past Yering Station and
decided to have lunch as well as make a purchase from the cellar door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We arrived at Big4 Mornington Holiday Park
(South Frankston) about 2.30pm and looking forward to staying put for six nights.<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-85922862258163915922019-09-13T15:57:00.003+10:002019-09-13T15:58:09.175+10:00LAKE MACQUARIE REGION<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Friday, 13 September
2019</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakwall at Port Macquarie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rock art</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meeting Sir Edmund Barton</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sea Scout patrol boat in the maritime museum</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small section of the Port Macquarie caravan park - spot our caravan?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking south from the Breakwall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of Lake Tuggerah from our caravan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three wise birds</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lake Tuggerah at sunset, opposite our caravan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset glow on the paperbarks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plover</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pelican swimming on a purple lake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norah Head Lighthouse</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View south</td></tr>
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Farewelled Sally and Paul, then turned south once more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beautiful highway until we reached Coffs
Harbour, then it was a slow crawl through the city until we were once again on
the motorway – it was easy to see why the people of Coffs Harbour are desperate
for a bypass!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We arrived at the NRMA
Port Macquarie Breakwall Holiday Park before lunch; a very large park on the
banks of the river, right beside the breakwall and its very popular walking
track.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Using the breakwall track, with
its painted stones, it was only about a fifteen minute walk to the centre of
town and some interesting shops, including the obligatory gelato bar!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We managed to help the local economy before
retracing our steps and walking to the end of the breakwater – the sea was much
calmer than the previous days.<br />
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We discovered that our preferred caravan park at Lake
Macquarie the following two nights was located next to a large power plant, so
decided it might be a better option to find someone more suitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After making a decision, we rang Belmont
South Caravan Park and was allocated a lake view site for a rather exorbitant
fee.<br />
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We departed Port Macquarie at 8.15 am, along with all the
school and local traffic, then met up with all the trucks and caravans heading
south on the Pacific Motorway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
negotiating the roads of Newcastle, we arrived at Lake Macquarie about 11.30
and checked into the caravan park (the one we booked yesterday). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we arrived at the site, it had brand new
concrete, was very long and narrow, the only view of the lake was from our toilet
window, it was in the middle of a construction site with a digger beeping non
stop while it was working (non stop) and the little tipper truck beeping every
time it was put into reverse (frequently). We didn't unhitch, sat in the
caravan and found another park with good reviews a bit further south, went back
to reception and said the site wasn't worth $50 a night and I couldn't stand
the noise, we asked for a refund, which was willingly given with apologies. <br />
<br />
The Canton Beach Holiday Park is huge but contains a lot of
onsite holiday caravans, many of which are rather decrepit. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a site which looks out the front
window over the lake and are paying only a third of the Belmont South park for
the two nights. Tomorrow night is $5 extra because it is the weekend - and the
place is virtually empty! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can only
access 137 television channels, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
enjoyed a walk along the lake’s shore during the afternoon, with a short stop
at the local bowling club to watch the locals compete.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the best part of the day was still
to come – sunset over the lake and some magnificent colours!<br />
<br />
Today, along with thousands and thousands and thousands of
locals, we visited the local shopping centre for supplies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On exiting the centre, we noticed a cinema
complex across the car park, so decided to check out the current movies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What luck, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Downton Abbey </i>had commenced only one minute previously, we quickly
purchased tickets, were given a piece of cake each and told to “mind the
wheelie walkers.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Walking into the
darkened theatre, we couldn’t see a thing, dug out the phone torch and realised
the theatre was full, groped our way among the walkers to a couple of empty
seats near the screen and waited to a brighter screen (and our eyes to adjust)
to try and find some seats further back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Thoroughly enjoyed the film – it is nice to leave a theatre with a warm,
fuzzy feeling – and when the lights came up at the end, realised we were
probably the youngest in the theatre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Following lunch, we visited Norah Head lighthouse, with some magnificent
views of the sand dunes to the north and the rocky headland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a cool and cloudy start to the day, the
sun appeared, the temperature rose and the southerly wind remained cool.<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-89038898886857576892019-09-10T19:23:00.004+10:002019-09-10T19:24:17.051+10:00WOOLGOOLA REGION<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Tuesday, 10 September
2019</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smoky Grafton</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cows in the smoke</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Siblings and partners</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Storm clouds over Arrawarra headland</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Think he knows we are here?"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sharing lunch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Catching up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wild surf south of Woolgoola headland</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging on in the wind</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sheltered by north of Woolgoola headland</td></tr>
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We arrived in Brisbane on Friday morning, having no trouble
negotiating the motorways, thanks to TomTom.
After checking into the Brisbane Holiday Village and setting up – we have
stayed a number of times in this very nice and professionally run park. Having been on the road for five consecutive
days, we decided to treat ourselves to a massage and lunch at Garden City,
which was just round the corner from the caravan park. Friday was hot and the city smog bound, owing
to the large number of fires in South East Queensland. A very strong wind developed overnight (the
awning was hurriedly rolled in at midnight, but at least the smoke was blown
somewhere else. On Saturday, we enjoyed
a Chinese lunch (or banquet!) with our daughter-in-law’s parents and somehow
seemed to bring home more food than we actually ate! Sunday was time for another lunch with
friends, Jenny and Brian. We have a
lovely couple of sociable days in Brisbane.</div>
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We departed Brisbane early on Monday morning, continuing
south along with thousands of other vehicles, towards the Gold Coast. With the hills to our west covered with thick
smoke, we travelled very slowly along the Coast strip until we were well south
of Tweed Heads. By this time, the wind
had started to pick up once again and the countryside became quite hilly. Unfortunately, the smoke did thicken and the
dreaded roadworks once again appeared and lasted for about 100kms. It was very slow travelling, especially as we
followed a hire motor home who appeared to be very nervous, had trouble
maintaining an even speed and was unwilling to pull over and allow the long
line of frustrated traffic to pass. The
smoke was very trick around the Grafton region, but did clear as we neared the
coast at Woolgoolga/Arrawarra.</div>
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We are staying at the Darlington Beach Holiday Park at
Arrawarra – another favourite park with enormous sites, lovely trees, kangaroos
and friendly birds. Sally and Paul
arrived about half an hour after us and we able to set up next to us. Although it was still windy, we discovered
the beach seemed to be sheltered from the south westerlies and we able to have
a good walk on the sands. Needless to
say, there was a fair bit of talking until very late in the afternoon as we
caught up on the family and travel news.
Today, after Sally’s fresh scones for morning tea, we drove into
Woolgoola for fuel and supplies, a drive around the lovely seaside town which
has a large Sikh population, a quick stop at the headland in a force 10 gale
and lunch at a local brasserie. Back at
the caravan park, we enjoyed a quick game of bowls on the four rink green
before celebrating with Moon Festival with moon cakes supplied by Linzi and
Wei. Although sunny all day, it was
extremely windy and quite cold. We have
now realised we are not in Queensland anymore.</div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-37365864607752236232019-09-05T13:24:00.003+10:002019-09-05T13:25:33.757+10:00HEADING SOUTH<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Thursday, 5 September
2019</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found this fellow in our shower before we departed Cairns</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking for turtles at Tyto Wetlands, Ingham</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waterlilies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found the turtles!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magnificent sculpture in the Information Centre</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shady part of Blacks Beach, Mackay</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying the late afternoon sun, Blacks Beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice view</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marlborough locals</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found him hiding under a tree at Southside Caravan Park, Rockhampton</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iron Ridge Park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Memorial Lake, Standown Park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pink blossom - spring is here!</td></tr>
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Our time at Cairns has come to an end and early on Sunday
morning we joined the large exodus of caravans from Crystal Cascades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We headed south, in beautiful sunny and calm
weather, and joined the majority of southbound caravans enjoying a stop at
Cardwell before continuing to Ingham and a lunch stop at the Tyto
Wetlands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A walk around this area is
always enjoyable and after a visit to the Information Centre, we were on our
way to Townsville and our overnight stop at Townsville Tourist and Lifestyle
Village, which is only a few hundred metres from the Bruce Highway.<br />
<br />
We were able to stay hitched up and were on the road by
8.00am on Monday, as we continued to Mackay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Although we couldn’t remember it from our trip north, the journey from
Townsville to Ayr was virtually non-stop roadworks – very slow travelling with
frequent stops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a short stop at
Home Hill to change drivers before continuing to a lunch stop beside a
roadhouse in the middle of no where!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Traffic was a little heavier today, with trucks and caravans annoying
each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our overnight stop was at
Big4 Blacks Beach, Mackay, another favourite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We even waited until later in the afternoon (the temperature needed to
drop a bit) before enjoying a lovely walk along the beach.<br />
<br />
With the car still attached to the caravan, it was another
early start for the drive to Rockhampton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It wasn’t long before the temperature rose quickly, as well as a rather
unpleasant headwind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apart from grass,
scrubby trees and cattle, along with a few little settlements, there isn’t much
between the two cities – apart from caravans and trucks, of course!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the time we arrived at Rockhampton, the
outside temperature was hovering around the 33 degrees and this had increased
to 36 degrees at the Southside Caravan Park when we checked in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the humidity down to 5%, the air was
extremely hot and dry – too hot even to walk across the road to the Visitors’
Centre and the Tropic of Capricorn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
did manage a walk around this very large park very late in the day, just before
sunset.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The region is suffering a severe
drought and all the parks in Rockhampton looked rather dead and the ponds had
very little water in them.<br />
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The dreadful drought conditions continued today, with the
bare paddocks staying with us all the way to the Childers region.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is so sad to see the cattle standing in
the paddocks and the waterholes empty.<br />
<br />
Although the temperature dropped dramatically overnight, it
didn’t take long for it to climb above 30 degrees once again – thank goodness
for climate control!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The road surface
today wasn’t as bumpy as yesterday, however, today we did have
roadworks!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when we did come
across a stretch without workmen, and did become a little excited about being
able to drive above 80kmp, we would find that “they” had erected roadworks
signs and speed limits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our estimated
travel time was extended by an hour.<br />
<br />
With the temperature hovering around 33-34 degrees, we
arrived at our overnight stop at Iron Ridge Park, east of Childers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have stayed in this bush setting caravan
park, on a local farm, on a number of occasions and do enjoy the enormous
sites, peace, quiet and local wildlife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are only about a dozen sites, so plenty of room, especially with
only six caravans here tonight.<br />
<br />
Farewelled Iron Ridge Park and once again passed the many
thousands of macadamia nut trees as we returned to the Bruce Highway and turned
south once more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The road quality had
improved today, as had the traffic!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Fortunately, there weren’t as many roadworks but enough to break the
boredom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The weather continues to be
very hot and dry but the colour of the countryside changed from dead to green
as we neared Gympie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obviously being
close to the Sunshine Coast, this area actually receives rainfall. <br />
<br />
Despite being close to Brisbane, we had decided to stop at a
caravan park about 24 kms east of Gympie, called Standown Park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This park had originally been developed as a
retreat for Defence Force veterans (initially Vietnam) and is evidently very
popular around Long Tan Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This park
consists of sites around the edge of a very large grass paddock, surrounded by
pine plantations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a memorial
lake (complete with “crocodile”) and large amounts of memorabilia in the camp
kitchen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very much a park for blokes.<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-69364926007397028092019-08-30T15:10:00.002+10:002019-08-30T15:11:16.734+10:00CAIRNS FESTIVAL CONTINUES<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Friday, 30 August
2019</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marina - and mud</td></tr>
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Our time in Cairns has drawn to a close, with only one day
remaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week has been filled
with some old favourites (as well as new!); the weather has been glorious.<br />
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On Monday evening, with the Cairns Festival organising a “music”
concert only a couple of hundred metres from the caravan park, we decided it
would be a good time to head into the CBD to inspect the illuminations on the
Cairns Public Library and the Neon Dogs along the Esplanade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Library lights were the prettiest we have
seen in the years it has been happening, and the dogs were interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A visit to the Night Market – always fascinating
– and an ice cream completed the evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By the time we returned to the caravan, the concert had finished.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Wednesday
saw us return to Crystal Cascades for a walk and we were fortunate enough to
spot a rather large turtle soaking up the sun and lots and lots of Ulysses
butterflies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On Thursday we revisited
Dundees for lunch (rather like this restaurant!) and a stroll along the
Esplanade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today it was time for a ride
on the newly erected Reef Eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although
Green Island is supposedly visible, it was hiding below the horizon today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With king tides this week, it also means king
mud at low tides!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the views
were well worth the ride (about 8-10 revolutions).</span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-40542004405128801012019-08-26T14:24:00.000+10:002019-08-26T14:24:28.414+10:00CAIRNS & THE FESTIVAL<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Monday, 26 August
2019</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beautiful flower garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A couple of little Korean cuties</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bigger Korean beauties</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Serious work</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First of the "flesh"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Butterflies are always lovely</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As are mermaids</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A flamingo pretty in pink</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also pretty in pink</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plenty to look at - admired their ability to walk the parade in such high shoes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A vision in blue</td></tr>
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The weather continued warm and sunny on Saturday, just
perfect for the annual Cairns Festival Parade in the late afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We joined the many thousands who made their way
to the Esplanade and were lucky enough to spot a couple of vacant parking spots
in the RSL carpark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the service
ribbons sticker on the back window and intending to purchase some food from the
RSL, we thought we had all the parking criteria covered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, the security guard at the back
of the car park didn’t think so; we had to replace our folding chairs in the
car and make our way inside the RSL to watch the parade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a pretty good view, but about half way
through the parade, we retrieved our chairs and moved to a better viewing
point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parade was up to its usual
standard, although there did seem to be more flesh on display this year!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John and Jason White even participated with
their Targa car (Targa FNQ next weekend).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Following the completion of the two hour parade, we had a thirty minute
wait for the traditional fireworks display.<br />
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Sunday morning was overcast but very warm and humid, so we
decided to undertake our planned trip to the Port Douglas market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, we had only gone about a third of
the way when the mizzle commenced, then became heavier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the time we crossed the Mowbray River, it
was absolutely pouring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We continued
into Port Douglas and were lucky enough to find a parking spot in the main
street; we sat and looked at all the brunching crowds, looked at the market set
up at the end of the street and looked at the rain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It didn’t take long to convince each other we
didn’t really want to get wet and cold, as well as very muddy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We drove off without even getting out of the
car and headed south to drier skies and warmer temperatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a quick stop at the Rex Lookout, we
continued to Cairns and enjoyed a very nice lunch at Dundees.<br />
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Today, it was clear blue skies and a gentle breeze as we
strolled along the shore of the inlet, south of the Esplanade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This walk has now been fully landscaped with
many restaurants and coffee shops and some magnificent views of the inlet and
further east.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We watched HMAS Melville
depart, with her crew on parade on the foredeck; not long afterwards another
much smaller Naval vessel (inflatable, actually) returned to port.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was also plenty of other water traffic,
with tourists boats, tugs and the dredge all moving about.<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-74428899523502107582019-08-23T15:35:00.001+10:002019-08-23T15:36:11.461+10:00CAIRNS Continues<br />
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2019</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying a healthy waffle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Busy, busy, busy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cenotaph with wreaths after Vietnam Veterans' Day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three of the thousands of bats outside the Cairns Library</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Advertising banner from Bolands - can you spot the spelling mistake?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original lift inside Bolands, now suspended above the door</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cairns "posh" hotel - Douglas McArthur supposedly stayed in the upper right hand corner suite</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying the RSL Museum with Roy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Large poster in the Museum - can you find John Wayne?</td></tr>
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We must be having fun, because time is certainly flying!<br />
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Last week was fairly quiet, with just our normal daily
routine including walks along the creek and a couple of visits of Movenpick (we
feel it is important to support the local economy!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The new (last year) sculpture on the
Esplanade has been screened off since we arrived while the Cairns Council
undertook landscaping and waterworks in the vicinity, but it has now been
opened up to the public again and will have much more attractive surrounds once
the garden is mature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the weather
being more settled now, the helicopter joy flights over the Great Barrier Reef
have been increasing.<br />
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Last Sunday was Vietnam Veterans’ Day (or Long Tan Day as it
was originally known as), so we joined a large number of veterans, family
members, serving members of the Defence Force and the general public for the
service at 11.00am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The weather was very
sunny and very hot; fortunately, there were seats under cover for the veterans
and partners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, the Air
Force Cadets who formed the Honour Guard had no such luxury and were on parade
from 10.30am, standing in the full sun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Despite each of the teenagers being issued with water, it wasn’t long
after 11.00am when the first cadet went to his knees and only about half were
still on parade at the conclusion of the service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A very tough morning for the youngsters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We followed the service with a very nice
lunch at Dundees Restaurant at the Cairns Aquarium – very pleasant sitting “inside”
with the outside walls open and the complete back wall of the restaurant was a large
aquarium with a large assortment of tropical fish and sharks.<br />
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The next few days were back to “normal,” with bowls on
Tuesday night and some prize money for Les.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Early on Thursday morning we joined a number of tourists for a walking
tour of Cairns’ World War 2 sites and history – this was run by the Cairns
Library and the RSL.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had three very
friendly guides who walked us around the city, pointing out places of interest
(some no longer there), with photos from the era, including local cafes, the
newspaper building, the Post and Telegraph Offices, Boland Centre (a large
department store opened in the 1920’s and now only part of the upper façade remains
and the inside has been converted to short term office/meeting spaces), the
wharf area, many hotels, dance halls and the notorious red light district –
including many stories from the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The library part of the tour finished at the Cenotaph, at which time the
RSL took over and explained their role before taking us inside to the RSL
Museum and morning tea.<br />
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With only eight days remaining before we pack up and start
the long journey south, today we headed to Mareeba to stock up on the
necessities for the next few months, with a visit to the Termite shop for
chilli chutney and Skybury for NQ Gold coffee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The car did smell nice on the way home.<br />
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The weather has been very clear and sunny, with a couple of
very hot days, but the constant wind has kept the temperature down to a very
comfortable 25-27.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, last
night/this morning Cairns endured its coldest night since 1953, with the
temperature dropping below 8 degrees; the heater was certainly needed this
morning!<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-74077742232780118452019-08-14T13:48:00.002+10:002019-08-14T13:48:54.035+10:00THE ATHERTON TABLELANDS<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Wednesday, 14 August
2019</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Afghanistan Memorial</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Memorial to the canine troops</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A very full Lake Tinaroo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anyone for a cuppa?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A "tea cup"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Decisions, decisions</td></tr>
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At last we have been receiving some beautiful, typical
Cairns weather – clear blue skies, sunshine, warm days and cool nights.<br />
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Saturday we headed to the Atherton Tablelands for a day
revisiting old favourite places, as well as a new stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After climbing the Kuranda Range, we turned
left at Mareeba and headed for Tolga, where we took the B-double route to
Yungaburra.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The farmland looked
absolutely magnificent all through the area, with the mango trees starting to
flower, vegetables growing, sugar cane flowering, happy cows and so much lush
green grass!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our first stop, naturally,
was at Sharlee’s Strawberry Farm for one of their delicious ice creams, before
continuing to Yungaburra and the Avenue of Honour on the shores of Lake Tinaroo
and paying our respects to the soldiers who never came home from Afghanistan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How this avenue of trees has grown since
2013!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We enjoyed a walk around the
quaint village before continuing to Malanda and then on to the Nerada Tea
Plantation for lunch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a beautiful
spot to sit in the open-sided coffee shop and look out across the tea
plantation to Bartle Frere, the highest mountain in Queensland.<br />
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After lunch, it was back to Malanda and then on towards
Atherton, with a quick stop at the Gallow Dairyland, along with many, many
other tourists!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being situated alongside
the milking sheds, one of us (not used to stinky farm smells) had a long breath
hold as we left the car and made for the visitors’ centre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Giving the large display of cheeses a miss,
we made straight for the handmade chocolate case and spent some time making our
selections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(The Turkish delight was
just divine!!!)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our next stop was at
Hastie Swamp, near Atherton, and we were pleasantly surprised at the large
number of birds present – mainly whistling ducks, magpie geese and smaller
ducks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spent some time in the bird
hide with binoculars, watching and listening.<br />
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After passing through Atherton, we started the return
journey to Cairns, stopping at Rocky Creek Memorial Park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although better known as a free camp area,
the park was actually the location of a very large base hospital during World
War 2, which the Tablelands was one huge military base.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are a large number of memorial stones
dedicated to the different units, etc., which were stationed in the area, as
well as some story boards and a memorial wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We had a conversation with a couple of Melbourne who were visiting Rocky
Creek for the Victory Pacific Celebrations which were to be held the following
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lady’s mother had served at
Rocky Creek for two years as a nurse and we discovered that this nurse also
liked to paint in her spare time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
has a number of paintings at the Australian War Memorial and a copy of one
which was painted at Rocky Creek was on one of the story boards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This really made our visit seem rather
special.<br />
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Sunday was a quiet day, with a visit to Rusty’s and
Movenpick before a walk along the Esplanade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Monday morning we actually made our first visit to a movie theatre since
2015 to watch <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Danger</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Close, The Battle of Long Tan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-53330845184849520772019-08-08T16:27:00.006+10:002019-08-08T16:28:17.004+10:00SOGGY CAIRNS<br />
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Not a great deal to report on for the last week – the weather
was too dreadful to undertake very much activity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was cool and wet virtually every day; if
it wasn’t full blown rain, then it was dreary mizzle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, we did manage a walk around the marina
and drooled over the lovely “weekender” moored there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It belongs to the owner of Corona beers and
is based in Cairns all year and only used for about six weeks annually.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It only costs a mere $13 million a year to run.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we returned to the caravan park, it was
really a case of how the other half live, with a motor bike and its camper
trailer (for one!) all set up beside the camp kitchen.<br />
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Not much happened on Saturday, simply a visit to Rusty’s
Market and an ice cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sunday
continued wet and cold – a good time to check out the A & E facilities at
Cairns Hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After having my fingers
slapped (figuratively speaking) a number of times for not calling an ambulance,
I was given the all clear to return home in the late afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The service passed with flying colours!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Miserable weather continued on Monday and
Tuesday.<br />
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On Wednesday, with the sky looking a little clearer (for a
few hours, at least), we were joined by John and Brenda, who drove down from
Port Douglas, for lunch at the Trinity Beach Tavern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We enjoyed a few hours catching up on a year’s
news.<br />
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Today, the clouds and rain disappeared, the sun came out,
the temperature rose dramatically, as did all the moisture in the ground!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a quick trip to Smithfield Shopping
Centre during the morning for spectacle repairs, we really appreciated the cool
shade at the Botanic Gardens this afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are always lots of different flowers/plants to see on each visit
and the hot weather certainly brought the butterflies out in abundance.<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-71355237650169657062019-07-30T09:52:00.000+10:002019-07-30T09:52:24.880+10:00CAIRNS (Continued)<br />
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We have spent a fairly relaxed week, with some mixed weather
conditions but mainly warm and sunny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Fortunately, the nights are no longer as cold!<br />
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Our activities this week have included visits to Lake
Placid, the Barren Gorge (where we watched Raging Thunder launch their rafts
for some white water rafting in, hopefully, crocodile free waters), and a bit
of retail therapy, along with one or two or three ice creams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sunday was a bit cool and cloudy, so we
decided on a drive to the southern suburbs (not an area we know well) and
stopped at the Mt Sheridan Plaza, which has only been open about 8-10
years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t feel any need to rush
back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also stopped at the Coconut
Grove Holiday Resort (the other Big4 in Cairns) and had a wander through the
grounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We felt we had the much better
park at Crystal Cascades and would have been rather upset to pay Coconut’s fees
for dry grass and dirt.<br />
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Yesterday afternoon, with the temperature rising and clear
skies, we headed to the Cattana Wetlands for a walk around the
lakes/ponds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This area has been further
developed since last year, with new signage and a new pond with a circuit
track.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This track<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hasn’t been concreted yet and only after
walking about twenty metres along the narrow gravel track covered with leaf
litter, we decided that discretion was far preferable to valour, given the
large snake population in the area, and quickly retraced our steps to the
concrete!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another new addition this year
was the crocodile trap; obviously there for an obvious reason!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These wetlands, with their paperbarks,
waterlilies and bird life, are well worth a visit.<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-5345508713059306872019-07-23T17:36:00.001+10:002019-07-23T17:37:02.377+10:00FAREWELL TO VISITORS<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Tuesday, 23 July 2019</span></b><br />
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Friday was the day for Kathryn to return home to the cold
weather – and work – so the morning was spent with a quick walk to feed the
fish before taking her to the airport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The remainder of the day was spent recovering from the hectic week.<br />
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Saturday was Jack’s last full day in Cairns, so he had the
choice of activities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shopping and a bike
ride in the morning, followed by a swim in the heated pool at Tobruk Memorial
Pool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, when we arrived at the
pool, only eight other swimmers were in the complete complex; evidently the
weather is too cold for the locals to go swimming!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Flowrider was also empty of riders and it
didn’t take Jack long to decide on 30 minutes of exclusive use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t long before he was kneeling with
outstretched arms and then the assistant helped him get started on a stand-up
board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was also the day when the
black sapote was finally ripe enough for the much anticipated tasting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, the chocolate pudding fruit
didn’t live up to its reputation.<br />
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Sunday morning breakfast of hash browns and bacon before
packing the suitcase and tent, together with tent poles and pegs!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another quick bike ride for a final check of
the caravan park and we were off to the airport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had no problems checking him in for the
flight home, via Brisbane and were in the large departure area with an hour to
wait until his flight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, Virgin
neglected to tell us that their flights weren’t being announced and it was pure
luck that the departure board was checked 15 minutes before the scheduled
departure and we noticed that the flight was boarding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turned out Jack was the final passenger to
board!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, all turned out well, the
plane took off and Jack eventually arrived home and could demonstrate his
whipcracking skills.<br />
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The weather remained clear and sunny, with very cold nights
(11 degrees!!!) right through until Monday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We enjoyed a relaxing day, catching up on “housework,” checking out a
local plant nursery and a walk along the creek after lunch.<br />
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Monday night was much warmer, owing to the very cloudy skies
today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also didn’t take long for the
heavy mizzle to start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Les had been
contacted by an old friend, Ian, who was in Cairns for a few days and we
collected Ian and Kerrie before lunch, took them to Limberlost Nursery for
lunch and then back to our caravan for coffee and some chat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A very pleasant few hours<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-9292696151014387852019-07-18T16:47:00.002+10:002019-07-18T16:48:21.454+10:00JET BOAT & BIRTHDAY<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Thursday, 18 July
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pancake breakfast with Great Aunty</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spin in Bad Fishy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wet and happy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birthday lunch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jack and paperbarks at Palm Cove</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Palm Cove, with Double and Scout Hat Islands</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Windblown!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entrance to Chinese Friendship Garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chinese friend</td></tr>
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We had a wonderful start to Tuesday, especially where Jack
was concerned – pancakes supplied by the caravan park!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a nice change from sausages, and they
seemed to be appreciated by the many happy campers – and no doubt the local
school was happy with the donations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Jack was joined by his great aunty on Tuesday afternoon for a spin
around Trinity Inlet in the Bad Fishy jet boat and the boat driver decided to
celebrate the three crocodile sightings by making sure all the passengers were
thoroughly drenched by the time they returned to the pontoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wednesday was a rest day, with fish feeding
in Freshwater Creek before lunch and a swim at the Lagoon in the afternoon (and
an ice cream, of course).<br />
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Today was a special day, with a birthday being celebrated,
so we (accidently) took the scenic drive to Palm Cove to enjoy a special family
lunch, before a look at the very windy beach and a walk along the foreshore. We even managed a quick stop at the Chinese Friendship Garden on our return to Cairns.<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-29121960123945481582019-07-15T16:38:00.000+10:002019-07-15T16:38:37.112+10:00PORT DOUGLAS & CAIRNS<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Monday, 15 July 2019</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying the view</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Things to make from a coconut!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Man shopping in Port Douglas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Four Mile Beach - and a coconut</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Millie and her dad</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Female family members</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The coconut has sprouted a nose!</td></tr>
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With beautiful clear, blue skies on Sunday, we headed north
once again along the Captain Cook Highway to Port Douglas – this time to meet
up with Kathryn, Laura, Tye and Millie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This was the first time we had met my great-niece.<br />
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Unfortunately, the same people who have been following us
all week also followed us to Port Douglas and the weekly market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To say that parking spots were at a premium
would have been an understatement!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the market was well worth visiting, with lots of interesting
stalls to keep our shopaholic grandson happy – his grandfather even bought
himself a man bag to complete his tropical ensemble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We joined the others for lunch before a walk
along Four Mile Beach and a swim at the Paradise Links Resort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we returned to the caravan, quite a deal
of effort was put into opening the coconut that Jack found on the beach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, we discovered the actual
coconut had started to sprout and the liquid had turned into a rather strange
spongy consistency.<br />
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The weather today was just as nice, perfect for Jack’s
Flowrider experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Flowrider is
at the Tobruk Memorial Pool, the tropical home of the Australian Swim
Team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After having all the legal
disclaimers signed and receiving instruction on how to ride, Jack had thirty
minutes to hone his wave riding skills – and didn’t do too bad a job of it,
either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ten minutes after his rides had
finished, there was a large power failure in the area and all the water
disappeared (as well as the very loud music!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We collected Kathryn from the centre of Cairns; she will be staying at
Crystal Cascades for the next few days.Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-88228861241880782982019-07-13T17:18:00.001+10:002019-07-13T17:18:33.524+10:00CAIRNS & MAREEBA<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Saturday, 13 July
2019</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bavarian dancers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Introducing tourists to Bavaria</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a rooster!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dad didn't hold the tail tight enough</td></tr>
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Last Thursday evening we were treated to entertainment at
the caravan park – the Cairns Bavarian Dancers performed and German sausages,
complete with sauerkraut, were also provided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The dancing and music made a welcome change from the usual
country/rock/hillbilly music that is the usual fare for caravan parks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The locals even managed to coerce a few of
the tourists into joining them for a couple of dances.<br />
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On Friday, after the rain finally disappeared, we headed to
the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, along with all the people who went to Kuranda
with us on the Skyrail!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We enjoyed the
art work this year; although some works were similar to previous years, there
were some new and different works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
very talented artists in the region!<br />
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Today has been hot and clear, just right for our day at the
Mareeba Rodeo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this was also
Jack’s first experience of a side show alley and a lot of time was spent
inspecting the different games to be played and rides, although the rides weren’t
high on his list – apart from the one which went upside down and Nanny said, “No!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was also quite intrigued with the old
style show exhibits/contests, such as vegetable and fruit growing, cake making
and decorating, school work, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of
course, the chooks in the animal nursery were also a great hit!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spent a couple of hours watching the rodeo
as well, mainly bull (or calf) riding with the riders ranging in age from under
six to adult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apart from one very large
(and angry) bull, all the animals were well trained and left the arena
immediately the riders were disposed of.<br />
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Jack was glad to get back to the caravan for a swim, only to
find the pool was full of kids!<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-89067933066429714952019-07-11T16:51:00.000+10:002019-07-11T17:10:29.429+10:00CAIRNS AQUARIUM & KURANDA<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Thursday, 11 July
2019</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"On the reef"</td></tr>
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First Lookout </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and the see-through walkway</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crashed plane at Kuranda</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not keen on the "Hippie Market"</td></tr>
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We have had a couple of busy days and a quiet day with
Jack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On Monday night, the heavens
opened and it RAINED!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rain
continued Tuesday morning, and most of the afternoon before easing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fortunately, the postman arrived before lunch
on Tuesday and Jack was able to finally erect his “bedroom.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jack
took photos of all the fish and reptiles – his parents will have many hours of
photo viewing when he returns home!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately, the blue interior light didn’t help with colour
photography.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>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.<br />
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Wednesday was a perfect day, weatherwise, with Jack spending
a fair amount of time in or around the pool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He did go for a bike ride during the afternoon and came back wet
through, after managing to fall into the pool somehow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Roast lamb for dinner (with lashings of
gravy) was the perfect end to the day for Jack.<br />
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Today, Jack and I boarded the Skyrail for the trip to
Kuranda – along with all the tourists who were at the aquarium on
Tuesday!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Needless to say, Jack became bored while Les talked to the couple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
also managed to complete his gift shopping in the many tourists shops in the
village.<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-11496279883052512182019-07-09T09:40:00.001+10:002019-07-09T09:54:22.301+10:00DAINTREE RAIN FOREST<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OMG - is that real?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not so scary now</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What sharp teeth you have...</td></tr>
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With some money in his wallet and an urgent need to buy some
presents, we took Jack to the Night Markets on Sunday evening – along with
every other tourist currently in Cairns!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He spent lots of time looking and comparing before making a couple of
gift purchases, together with an anklet and t-shirt for himself.<br />
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Monday morning saw everyone (Himself included) out of bed
well before sunrise so that we could get an early start for our day to the
Daintree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were on our way shortly
after 7.30am and were lucky enough to spot three crocodiles on the mud banks in
the Mowbray River before passing the turn off to Port Douglas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the time we arrived at the Daintree River
ferry crossing, Jack was well and truly over the excitement of seeing sugar
cane!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were lucky there was only a
short queue for the ferry and didn’t have to wait.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a quick stop at the Alexandra Lookout,
with its view of the Daintree River mouth and south to Palm Cove, before
continuing to the Daintree Discovery Centre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Jack seemed to enjoy the climb to the top of the 23 metre tower (not
sure about Nan, though) before inspecting the exhibits in the centre, including
the aquarium section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We followed the
boardwalk through the rainforest and spotted some very prickly pants, as well
as being able to see the notorious stinging plant (well away from the
path).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Gondwana section with its
dinosaurs was a bit of a surprise, with the “fluffy duck” dinosaur giving Jack
a bit of a scare when it suddenly moved!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We enjoyed an early lunch before continuing our travels.<br />
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Our next stop was at Cape Tribulation and its beautiful
beach, much to Jack’s delight and also despair – swimming in the warm water not
allowed due to the possibility of crocodile and stinger attacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, he did enjoy time paddling in the
warm pools and poking about among the mangroves, chasing blue butterflies and
watching a sea eagle.<br />
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The main event of the day was next – jungle surfing on zip
lines!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jack was quite happy to undertake
this tour on his own, much to the relief of his grandparents, who spent a
couple of hours under a tree reading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After his tour, we stopped for a tropical ice cream tasting, made with
local fruits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The day’s offering was
soursop (lemonade like taste), wattle seed (coffee taste), jackfruit (bit like
a banana taste) and coconut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately, our return trip across the Daintree River was a little
slower, with a much longer queue and a half hour wait.<br />
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The weather was superb all day – clear skies, gentle breeze
and the temperature 26-27; just perfect.<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-63937110736400929412019-07-07T15:07:00.000+10:002019-07-07T15:21:27.999+10:00JACK ARRIVES IN CAIRNS<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long time, no see</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freshwater Creek reflections</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sugar cane and a tourist</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sign says it all</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Off to battle the snakes and cassowary</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keeping the fish well fed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cooling off</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Misty start to the day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Decisions to be made</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tourist photo at the Lagoon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With lots of other tourists</td></tr>
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With our grandson, Jack, due to arrive on Friday evening,
Friday was spent stocking up the pantry and refrigerator, as well as a trip to
Cairns Central for a couple of extra t-shirts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Another hot day had clouded over by the time we arrived at the airport
for his 7.30pm arrival, turning to a light misty drizzle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jack did look rather relieved to see us as he
came through the arrival gate and his “Priority” luggage was one of the last
suitcases to appear on the carousel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Back at the caravan, we decided to erect his tent under the cover of the
awning before moving it out onto the grass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All went well as we unpacked his suitcase, found the two pieces of the
tent and then discovered it was going to be a little claustrophobic without the
tent poles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A quick phone call to his
father revealed the poles and pegs still in Jack’s bedroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jack is spending four nights sleeping under
the awning until the mail arrives on Tuesday!<br />
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Saturday morning was still a bit misty, so a visit to the
supermarket for even more food, followed by a walk past the sugar cane fields,
filled in the morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Following lunch,
it was time to visit Rusty’s to stock up on fruit, together with some tropical
fruit that Jack selected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The soursop
was eaten today (thoroughly enjoyable, by all accounts), with the red dragon
fruit and custard apple still ripening in the fruit bowl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then it was a walk around the Lagoon, a look
at the low tide mud and a stop at Movenpick for an ice cream and thick
shake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today has been a quiet day at
home, with an introduction to the fish, a bike ride and quite a few visits to
the swimming pool filling in Jack’s day.<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-80687808352212089082019-07-03T15:04:00.000+10:002019-07-03T15:10:11.604+10:00ANNIVERSARY IN CAIRNS<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Wednesday, 3 July
2019</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Lagoon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freshwater Creek</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big bugs in the rainforest!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big people in the rainforest</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freshwater Creek</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A "new" waterfall after the rain</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crystal Cascades</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Palm Cove</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3rd July 1971</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3rd July 2019 - not much difference</td></tr>
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Time flies – we have been in Cairns for nearly two
weeks!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is also becoming harder to
remember what we did each day!!<br />
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Friday was the day for some retail therapy and to assist the
Cairns economy (lots of sales on at the moment), followed by a much anticipated
visit to our favourite massage therapists in Cairns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saturday it RAINED, definitely rained before
clearing to a magnificent Sunday, just perfect for a walk along the Esplanade
and the marina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not forgetting the ice
cream, of course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On our way back to the
caravan park, we came across a market at The Tanks, so did a quick u-turn and a
slow crawl to find a parking spot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not
your average market…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very alternative;
we could have saved just about anything on the planet (except for the whales?);
received all types of alternative massages (I don’t think some even touched the
body); eaten all types of foods (many of unknown origin) but plenty to keep the
vegans fed; even came across a lady who stated that she moved in and out of her
body!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Presume she was “in” at the time.<br />
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Monday morning was a bit damp again but the weather did
clear, so a walk to Crystal Cascades was an enjoyable way to spend an hour or so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There appeared to be much more water than we
are used to seeing, no doubt because of the weekend rainfall, and we were lucky
enough to spot a Ulysses butterfly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately, the misty rain returned for our walk back to the car, but
it was still very warm and humid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Tuesday night was the usual game of bowls and I came home with the
winner’s purse – very nice, although someone is saying he let me win.<br />
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Today is our 48<sup>th</sup> wedding anniversary and we
travelled to Palm Cove for a walk along the esplanade/beach before a most
enjoyable lunch at the Reef House Resort.<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-84003005637136586432019-06-27T10:21:00.002+10:002019-06-27T10:25:47.232+10:00CAIRNS (Part 2)<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Thursday, 27 June
2019</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feeding the fish in Freshwater Creek</td></tr>
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We have been very quickly easing ourselves into “holiday
mode!”<br />
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On our first walk along the Freshwater Creek track, we came
across a new sign – a cassowary warning; we now have to watch out for snakes
and large birds on our walks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The water
level is down a little on last year, although there are new fallen trees in the
water.<br />
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On Monday, we visited Cazaly’s to renew our membership and
enjoy lunch before making our $5 donation to the brightly lit machines!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tuesday night was time to renew acquaintances
at the Edge Hill Memorial Bowls Club – many familiar faces and a few new
ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was good to get back on the
green after a six week break.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wednesday
afternoon we visited the Botanic Gardens (probably the first of a few visits),
so there are plenty of flower photos!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Upgrades to the pathways have been made and are still being undertaken;
the gardens are as lush and beautiful as ever.<br />
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We have the cleanest doona cover in the caravan park – it has
been washed twice in three days after oily marks kept mysteriously appearing on
one side of the bed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was eventually
discovered that a moisture absorbing container in the bottom of his wardrobe
had split and leaked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Consequently,
every time something from the wardrobe was placed on the bed, an oil mark
appeared.<br />
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The weather has been very warm (25-27 daily), with clear
blue skies, although today is a little cloudy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, Cairns did suffer one of its coldest nights on record a few
days ago, when the temperature dropped to a very chilly 11 degrees.<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-20882574430596229952019-06-23T15:32:00.001+10:002019-06-23T15:33:58.976+10:00CAIRNS<br />
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Friday morning we farewelled the not so hungry midgies (they
must have been quite sated after their feeding frenzy of the previous days!)
and set out for the final leg of our trip north.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was another magical tropical day – warm with
clear skies and a nice little tail wind for good measure.<br />
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The highway was in good condition for most of the way, with
some roadworks, but not a lot of trucks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There was plenty of sugar cane to look at, as well as banana plantations
to break the monotony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We stopped for a
lunch break at Innisfail and were at Big4 Crystal Cascades before 2.30pm.<br />
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The caravan park changed owners shortly after we departed
last year, so some changes were expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The first big change was in the reception area, with a coffee shop
(including rather nice looking cakes, plus ice cream!) just waiting for
customers; the second (and will be the most dramatic) was that people now have
to put themselves on site with no friendly guidance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This wasn’t a problem for us, as we have a
new site this year along the back fence, with plenty of room to manoeuvre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it will prove very challenging once
the park fills up and incoming clients have to manage with the long caravans
and narrow roads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There would appear to be
a complete change of staff, the grounds look immaculate and it will be
interesting to have a look inside a cabin when the opportunity arises.<br />
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We only set up the basics on Friday afternoon – awning out
and mat down on the slab.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then it was
time to celebrate our arrival with a glass of bubbly and some brownies!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was down to work on Saturday, with the
shade walls attached, the rafters/lighting affixed in place and the future
unpacked and placed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also didn’t take
long to head to the supermarket for a major stock up of the cupboards and
refrigerator; a trip to Rusty’s Market after lunch completed the
stocktake!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Naturally, we had to stop at
Movenpick for that longed for ice cream – it was well worth the wait!<br />
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Today has been a bit of a rest day, although we did manage
to get to Bunnings for some more outdoor solar lights, torches and a plant to
make the awning feel like “home.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
highlight of the day, though, was sitting in the car at the laser car wash!<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-17437831097791280242019-06-20T15:30:00.001+10:002019-06-20T15:33:05.522+10:00TOWNSVILLE (Continued)<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Thursday, 20 June
2019</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">American War Memorial</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Castle Hill in the background</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I participated in this!"</td></tr>
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We received at text message first thing this morning from
the caravan park management to inform us that the planned spraying of midgies
wouldn’t happen now until next week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not
amused; the Bushman’s has been used by BOTH of us!!!<br />
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Another glorious Far North Queensland day – clear skies,
gentle breeze and a temperature around 26 degrees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing much planned for today, apart from a
visit to the Bezzine Barracks at Kissing Point, which is quite near us, and the
Army Museum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The museum only opens three
mornings a week, we discovered, and today wasn’t one of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we wandered around the barracks area and
climbed the hill to the fort – and the views of Magnetic Island and the
Townsville docks.<br />
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Tomorrow – Cairns.<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-78380275714834056152019-06-19T15:22:00.003+10:002019-06-19T15:27:46.820+10:00TOWNSVILLE<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Wednesday, 19 June
2019</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for the moon to rise...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">rising...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and looks much bigger in real life!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfast on the patio in Townsville</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back garden at Townsville</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rowes Bay</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Supposed to wait for the timer to finish...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">National Servicemen's Memorial, with Magnetic Island in the background</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whoa, Nessie!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That is one ugly fish</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sculpture of a hermit crab or a tick?<br />Actually just a coconut that had us fooled.</td></tr>
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Monday morning at Mackay we decided to visit Caneland
Shopping Centre (never been there before) to collect a few grocery items in
preparation for the drive north to Townsville.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We had anticipated about an hour, which quickly became four!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the largest shopping centre we have
visited outside a capital city and seemed to be made up of many small alleys as
well as the larger connecting ones, with lots of shops to browse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shirts Anonymous seemed to be working, as
Himself showed great restraint around the shirts and didn’t seem to think that
a windcheater really qualified as a shirt!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That evening, we joined a large number of caravanners to watch the full
moon rise over the sea – very special.<br />
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After washing the car and caravan (again!) on Tuesday
morning, we set out for our longest day, with 400 kms to travel to
Townsville.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The weather was superb, with
a tail wind and reasonable traffic until Prosperine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After Prosperine, the traffic seemed to disappear
until Bowen; all the trucks had just been waiting there for us to pass!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a lunch break at Ayr and arrived at
Rowes Bay, Townsville, about 2.30pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
are in the developed front part of the park, with a very large site, an
enormous slab (longest we have ever seen), lawn, tropical hedges, palm trees
and frangipani borders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very pleasant,
although a number of midgies seem to enjoy it as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The curlews followed us to Townsville, but we
kept our destination a secret from the bats!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The back section of the park is being developed and needs a couple of
years for the plants to grow.<br />
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The park is literally across the road from Rowes Bay beach
and esplanade, with lovely long walking/bike pathways heading in both
directions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Magnetic Island is just
across the water and The Strand only about a kilometre away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just right for a nice walk this morning to
stretch our legs and view the numerous artworks before, this afternoon, we were
delighted to discover the gelataria is still on The Strand.<br />
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We have discovered the caravan park is only a short distance
from the airport, so we get to hear all the commercial jets taking off, as well
as the Defence Force aircraft – jets and helicopters; the helicopters are
currently undertaking night time exercises.<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-78962048396293397932019-06-16T15:00:00.003+10:002019-06-16T15:00:39.126+10:00MACKAY (Continued)
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Sunday, 16 June 2019</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rats of Tobruk Memorial</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look like it, but definitely not bananas!</td></tr>
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Hot and very humid this morning, cloudy this afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After refilling the brownie tin this morning,
we once again headed back into the centre of Mackay, this time to Queen’s Garden
and the orchid house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The council are
currently undertaking works in the gardens and it was quite wet and muddy in
places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, we managed to look at
the Rats of Tobruk Memorial and the memorial to Lord Baden-Powell at the siege of
Mafeking before entering the orchid house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We were obviously a little early in the season, although there were a
number of orchids in flower and plenty of lovely ferns and greenery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The afternoon was spent watching the washing
not drying.<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083109695151228215.post-50966100779335739322019-06-15T16:21:00.001+10:002019-06-15T16:56:50.570+10:00MACKAY<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saturday, 15th June 2019</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We departed Yeppoon early Thursday morning, with our longest daily drive so far this year as we headed further north to Mackay. This was also our first full day on the Bruce Highway - much heavier traffic, lots of trucks and a fairly bumpy road at times. The scenery was pretty much just cattle country - grass and trees - as far as Carmila, when sugar took over. Carmila was also our lunch stop in a small rest area close to the river - sugar cane (with lots of snakes, no doubt) and crocodile warnings. Needless to say, the lunch break was spent inside the caravan!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We are staying at the Big4 Blacks Beach Caravan Park, on Mackay's northern beaches. We have stayed at this lovely caravan park a number of times and always enjoy its position right on the beach (no roads to cross). However, the large number of paperbarks are in full flower and not only do we have the overpowering smell of the flowers - no pleasant, but not unpleasant - and large numbers of rainbow lorikeets enjoying the flowers during the day, but the flowers also attract large numbers of dirty, stinking, pooing bats at night time!!! The morning ritual seems to be washing mustard coloured mess off the caravans and cars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The weather has been superb, with clear blue skies, sunshine, gentle breeze and temperatures ranging between 23-27 degrees. Apart from a walk along the beach and lunch at the Eimeo Hotel with its superb view, Friday was a rest day. However, today we ventured further afield this morning, with a visit to the Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens, with an interesting artwork at the entrance. Although the gardens aren't large, it was pleasant strolling along the paths under the trees, watching the many and varied butterflies and birdlife. This afternoon we again enjoyed a long walk on the beach.</span>Pauline and Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460137265432539803noreply@blogger.com0