11th August – Tuesday
I am starting to wonder if I should believe the owners and wait until the weather is perfect for a balloon flight! This morning was just gorgeous – no clouds, no wind and warm.
As Himself was feeling a little better today, we decided to brave the windy road and check out Mossman Gorge. I think every tour company in the area was offering a discount on tours to Mossman Gorge today!!! There were so many people! To make it worse, most of the track was closed, so everyone was congregated in a fairly small area. Listening to a tour guide, someone evidently did the wrong thing on the suspension bridge (rocked it badly) and actually moved it sideways. Therefore, the nice, long track through rainforest was out of bounds. There was plenty of water in the gorge as well – a bit too much, actually, for turtle spotting.
As we were in the vicinity, Port Douglas was also on the itinerary. A very up-market town with heaps of very posh resorts. I’m sure some people never leave the grounds of the resorts. We parked in the main street, wandered around the shops (most VERY expensive and exclusive), decided we didn’t want to take out a bank loan to cover lunch and ended up buying fish and chips. Thought it probably wasn’t the done thing to sit in the car in the middle of the main street and eat, so found a nice shady spot beside the marina and looked at the big boats. Cat was very quickly reassured that he wouldn’t have to go on one of the boats.
Back to Cairns in time to buy some tickets for the Queensland Orchestra’s performance next week. All we know is that they will be performing Mozart, Brahms and Beethoven, so should be good listening.
It is unbelievable the number of people who dry their clothes in the dryer, instead of using the clothes line, especially in this climate!
I am starting to wonder if I should believe the owners and wait until the weather is perfect for a balloon flight! This morning was just gorgeous – no clouds, no wind and warm.
As Himself was feeling a little better today, we decided to brave the windy road and check out Mossman Gorge. I think every tour company in the area was offering a discount on tours to Mossman Gorge today!!! There were so many people! To make it worse, most of the track was closed, so everyone was congregated in a fairly small area. Listening to a tour guide, someone evidently did the wrong thing on the suspension bridge (rocked it badly) and actually moved it sideways. Therefore, the nice, long track through rainforest was out of bounds. There was plenty of water in the gorge as well – a bit too much, actually, for turtle spotting.
As we were in the vicinity, Port Douglas was also on the itinerary. A very up-market town with heaps of very posh resorts. I’m sure some people never leave the grounds of the resorts. We parked in the main street, wandered around the shops (most VERY expensive and exclusive), decided we didn’t want to take out a bank loan to cover lunch and ended up buying fish and chips. Thought it probably wasn’t the done thing to sit in the car in the middle of the main street and eat, so found a nice shady spot beside the marina and looked at the big boats. Cat was very quickly reassured that he wouldn’t have to go on one of the boats.
Back to Cairns in time to buy some tickets for the Queensland Orchestra’s performance next week. All we know is that they will be performing Mozart, Brahms and Beethoven, so should be good listening.
It is unbelievable the number of people who dry their clothes in the dryer, instead of using the clothes line, especially in this climate!
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