18TH OCTOBER CAIRNS AUSTRALIA

LEFT SINGAPORE WITH ITS EARTH TREMORS AND EXPENSIVE BEER BEHIND,FINALLY ARRIVED IN THE LAND DOWN UNDER!OUT OF OVER 300 PEOPLE ON OUR FLIGHT ONLY 4 PEOPLE DIDNT HAVE THEIR IN FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SCREENS WORKING-OBVIOUSLY WE WERE 2 OF THESE! MIMI WAS NOT HAPPY AS SHE HAD BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING MOVIES-SHE SOON CHEERED UP WHEN THEY GAVE US A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE AND A BOTTLE OF RED AS A SWEETENER.A NICE GESTURE FROM QUANTAS.
FIRST DAY I HAD TO TAKE MIMI DOWN TO THE MEDICAL CENTRE AS SHE HAS A BAD EAR INFECTION,SHE IS ON ANTI-BIOTICS AND IS GETTING BETTER BIT BY BIT.CAIRNS IS NOT WHAT WE EXPECTED-ITS KIND OF LIKE A MINI MILTON KEYNES (ROUNDABOUTS AND STRAIGHT ROADS) BUT WITH GLORIOUS SUN AND SCENERY.EVERYONE IS VERY FRIENDLY,WE HAVE ALREADY ARRANGED TO MEET UP WITH A LOCAL TO TAKE US OUT SEA FISHING WHEN WE COME BACK TO CAIRNS NEXT MONTH.
TOMORROW WE FLY UP TO DARWIN FOR 12 DAYS AND THEN ON A TOUR DOWN TO ULARU AND ALICE SPRINGS.THIS MONDAY IN DARWIN WE WILL BE IN THE "CAGE OF DEATH" IN A PERSPEX CAGE DROPPED INTO THE WATER ALONG WITH BIG CROCS!
AGAIN HAVING TROUBLE WITH UPLOADING PICS TO WEB SITE-HOPE WE DONT HAVE ANOTHER VIRUS

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