Thursday in Cairns

Thursday, 5 July 2012

Happy Independence Day yesterday for all the Americans out there.

We had a very enjoyable game of bowls on Tuesday evening, Edge Hill was a nice club and we were made feel very welcome. We played triples and I was “thrilled” to be given the position of skip – never played on carpet before and had no idea what the standard of play was like. However, my team did very well and we won both our games. There really seemed to be a fair mix of experienced and new players, so we all fitted in very well. Les was a little non-plussed when his skip asked him if Denise was his daughter! Everyone else found the question rather amusing.

Yesterday morning was time for some pampering for one of use, while the other stayed home and made morning coffee for the neighbours, who just seem to arrive with empty mugs in hand. During the afternoon, we went to the Crystal Cascades for a walk, along with Barry and Denise; Carlene and Rex had disappeared on their own. It was a lovely walk along the Freshwater Creek, through the lush rain forest. We saw plenty of fish but no turtles. Denise and I did wonder about a couple of “gnomes” we spotted!

Following the usual happy hour, we made a mad dash to Palm Cove to watch the full moon rise out of the Coral Sea. As the traffic was quite heavy, we were starting to wonder if we would arrive in time – the moon started to break the surface just as we pulled up. Such a magic sight.

Today has been fairly quiet, as the neighbours have gone to Kuranda for the day. I headed into Cairns for some retail therapy and some bank business, while Les had a day to himself and managed to catch up on all the little jobs.

The caravan park has a few resident thick knees, or bush curlews, which take great delight in coming to life after dark and keeping everyone awake with their loud cries, which sound like a cross between a baby crying and cats mating!

The weather has been sunny but a bit breezy the last couple of days – still a very pleasant 25 degrees though.