Trinity Inlet

Monday, 13th August 2012

Sunday was another typical Cairns day and most of the morning was spent socialising with an English couple on the site next to us (Cat very quickly made friends with London Ted and invited him for a welcoming beverage), with a walk after lunch. Happy Hour seemed to extend to nearly 7.00 pm!

Having heard so much about the Lake Placid Caravan Park, we decided to check it out this morning – we are more than happy with Crystal Cascades Caravan Park and feel we are in the best park in Cairns without a doubt. We also stopped for a look (along with a busload of Japanese tourists) at Lake Placid before driving on to the Barron Gorge and the power station. There isn’t a great deal of water coming through the gorge at this time of the year.

Today we joined James and Maureen for a cruise of Trinity Inlet (Cairns’ harbour) and decided we should all have waffles and ice cream for lunch and forget about the healthy diets for the day. Cat wanted to settle down on a “grass” couch after lunch for a quick snooze, but we convinced him that the boat wouldn’t wait. The two hour cruise was very pleasant and we followed the shoreline past the naval base and some cyclone casualties until we branched off into the mangroves on the hunt for crocodiles. Unfortunately, the crocodiles were feeling a little shy today.

Tonight we are being treated by the park owners to a sausage sizzle and entertainment.