Himself saw something on Wednesday morning that he hasn’t seen for a long time – the sunrise! With the car booked in for a 7.30 am service, an early rise was necessary. Consequently, not much else happened during the morning, apart from catching up on some reading and it was too hot in the afternoon for much movement.
Thursday saw Himself add to his shirt collection, with a trip to the DFO. Again, the afternoon was fairly quiet, although we did walk to short distance to the bridge over Freshwater Creek and fed the fish – I’m sure they have grown since we arrived! I also strongly suspect that we aren’t the only ones providing food. We were also lucky to see at least six different Ulysses butterflies while we were on the bridge.
The resident curlews in the caravan park have had a family household re-arrangement. The bird with the broken leg, who has become quite tame and knows where food can be begged, was evicted from the family group and the parents have now laid two eggs and we are all waiting for the hatching. A couple of stray curlews attempted to move into the park a couple of mornings ago and it was almost like WW3 had started!
Today we headed to Port Douglas to have the day with the latte crowd. Apart from a few souvenir shops, the remainder are either very, very expensive resort wear or very, very cheap resort wear (probably imported by the containers from Bali!). A number of shops provided “men seats,” complete with magazines, for bored males. We did have a very enjoyable lunch of Spanish mackerel, though. We did find an access to the beach and spent probably 15 minutes sitting in the hot sun on the hot sand, getting hot. With deck chairs/lounges for hire, it was almost like being in Hyde Park, London (cushions were an optional extra). Cat was quite keen on hiring a rubber tube, but then realised it would mean getting wet! On the return journey to Cairns, we stopped at the Rex Lookout for a photo opportunity and a look at the tropical beaches and blue seas.
The weather continues to be good and the temperature continues to increase.
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