Today we move on to Mission Beach, but before we do, I wanted to reflect on what we've done with our time here in Cairns. We've had some great adventures. First, we rented a car to drive up the coast through the Daintree Rain Forest and up to Cape Tribulation. Half the adventure was just driving the car as traffic flows on the left and drivers sit on the right side! Jeff was wise enough to clarify that the clutch was still on the left, but we never thought to...

We arrived in Cairns tonight but not without a little trouble. The mean little travel goblins are rearing their heads pretty early in the game. Our 14.5 hour flight to Melbourne appeared to be going smoothly until nearly the end. The captain came on the line with a muddy commentary that pretty much explained nothing, but involved something about Melbourne weather and not enough fuel (how many hearts just skipped a beat? Haha). Long story short, we were rerout...