Monday, May 30, 2011

Where the Rainforest meets the Reef

We saw little fellows like this lurking in the Daintree River on the cruise that we did.
Cape tribulation at the end of the bitumen on the coast....a nice place to visit but a long and windy road to get there as well as a ferry ride. There is no shortage of water in the Daintree. Last year they had 8 and half metres, yes metres, of rain. This year they have already had 3 and half metres. They do love a blue sky!!

Happy Birthday Keith

Today is his birthday. He started the day off with some fun in the sun and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

FNQ

We left Palm Cove today after having a very nice few days there. We are travelling to Cape Tribulation and on the way stopped at the Mossman Gorge pictured above.
It is a strange feeling travelling north as you feel like you are going into the wild blue yonder. Cape Tribulation is actually only about 50klms from where we are staying tonight at Wonga Beach so we are not going very far north at all before we turn back to go to Cairns.

Friday, May 27, 2011

The Wedding Party

Kayla, Nikki, John, Michael

The Wedding

Nikki and John with Russell and Sharyn and the rest of their clan after the wedding. The wedding was lovely and everything went off without a hitch except for the wind upsetting some of the plans. A good time was had by all

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Nice Day for a White Wedding

It is a beautiful day here today in Palm Cove although quite windy which is upsetting to the bride. It is a lovely place for a wedding. We are staying at the not so well maintained camping ground which is right on the waterfront and we have water views so we can't ask for too much more. The rest of the family is staying at a lovely resort.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

State of Origin in Mareeba

We thought what better place than the Leagues Club to watch the State of Origin last night. We called up the trusty Courtesy Bus and off we went hoping we would get a seat on such a popular night.
Not a problem.....the crowd of 50 went wild when Queensland won. At least we got to see it on the big screen.
Back home (we are staying at the rodeo grounds out of town) we came on the Courtesy Bus with the best entertainment of all from some of the local yokels on the bus.
A big night out for us with a good result and as the bus driver said "Never a dull moment".