9 August – Saturday
We had a dinner party last night (well, a barbecue and apple crumble actually) as Jenny and Brian had arrived back from Cape York and were staying in Cairns for the night on their way back to Brisbane. Lots of stories were told and I think Jenny was glad to see a proper shower and bed.
After they left, we settled down to watch the opening ceremony of the Olympics but managed to fall asleep before the athletes entered the stadium. However, we did catch up with the highlights early this morning.
It was a bit cloudy and breezy first thing this morning, so decided to check out the 4WD and Camping Show at the Cairns Showgrounds. The showgrounds were very lacking in signage, so we parked at one corner and walked all the way down to the next corner where we could see people coming and going. Discovered we had joined a Jehovah’s Witness convention! Decided to leave. Retraced our steps back to the car and walked to the corner in the opposite direction (certainly had our day’s exercise) before finding the correct entrance. Lots of camping equipment, tents and camping trailers on display, including a rather futuristic looking Ultimate camper. There were also a couple of locally made campervans and fifth wheelers, featuring solid Tasmanian oak timber. We didn’t feel the urge to trade-in the Jayco Sterling. The young soldier at the Army display was very generous (or bored) and gave us a carry bag, drink bottles, pens, Frisbee and a stress ball that looks like a hand grenade! Just the thing to leave on the car seat when parking. Radical Reptiles also had a display and snake show, with the usual highly venomous snakes crawling around the handler’s feet. One could have a photo taken with a crocodile for $20, however, the one year old crocodile (with mouth taped shut) was very aggressive and no one in the crowd was very interested in a photo opportunity.
By this time, the sky had cleared and it was rather hot. Will probably spend the remainder of the day with an eye on the Olympics.
We had a dinner party last night (well, a barbecue and apple crumble actually) as Jenny and Brian had arrived back from Cape York and were staying in Cairns for the night on their way back to Brisbane. Lots of stories were told and I think Jenny was glad to see a proper shower and bed.
After they left, we settled down to watch the opening ceremony of the Olympics but managed to fall asleep before the athletes entered the stadium. However, we did catch up with the highlights early this morning.
It was a bit cloudy and breezy first thing this morning, so decided to check out the 4WD and Camping Show at the Cairns Showgrounds. The showgrounds were very lacking in signage, so we parked at one corner and walked all the way down to the next corner where we could see people coming and going. Discovered we had joined a Jehovah’s Witness convention! Decided to leave. Retraced our steps back to the car and walked to the corner in the opposite direction (certainly had our day’s exercise) before finding the correct entrance. Lots of camping equipment, tents and camping trailers on display, including a rather futuristic looking Ultimate camper. There were also a couple of locally made campervans and fifth wheelers, featuring solid Tasmanian oak timber. We didn’t feel the urge to trade-in the Jayco Sterling. The young soldier at the Army display was very generous (or bored) and gave us a carry bag, drink bottles, pens, Frisbee and a stress ball that looks like a hand grenade! Just the thing to leave on the car seat when parking. Radical Reptiles also had a display and snake show, with the usual highly venomous snakes crawling around the handler’s feet. One could have a photo taken with a crocodile for $20, however, the one year old crocodile (with mouth taped shut) was very aggressive and no one in the crowd was very interested in a photo opportunity.
By this time, the sky had cleared and it was rather hot. Will probably spend the remainder of the day with an eye on the Olympics.
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