This morning we had our last lovely breakfast by the pool and then did our packing. After handing in our keys we went up the street and did a crawl of the shops looking for a wide brimmed sun visor for me, one that covers my ears and more of my face. Then it was slowly off back down the coast, stopping in at Palm Cove to walk along the beach and the wharf, and Yorkeys k*** closer to Cairns where we discovered a marina with a boat club that served a lovely lunch. ...

Nice quiet day - after our lovely brekky we relaxed and read on our balcony - Tom finished his Wilbur Smith and I've almost finished my Mothers Day Nora Roberts book. We also had lunch on our balcony before napping this afternoon Later in the day we went over to Four Mile Beach and saw the netted area for swimming. Then we went to The Mexican for dinner. I had crispy squid fajitas (and a Margherita), and Tom had 3 tacos: beef, Baja fish and duck (and a Mexican be...

So ..... This morning I remembered to take my phone to Brekky so I could photograph our lovely setting. After Brekky we returned to our unit where we booked ourselves on an inlet cruise this afternoon, relaxed, rested, napped and read till lunch.We thought we'd go to the Mexican for lunch, but it's closed till 3pm - so we'll go there for dinner tomorrow night. We then continued down to The Tin Shed for lunch where I was allowed to have oysters before the fisherma...

So, on the morning of the Melbourne Cup we ate a fine breakfast down by the other pool - sorry I forgot to take my phone, will try to remember to take pics tomorrow. We leisurely readied ourselves for a day's outing, then headed off to Mossman for the preferred petrol. Then we climbed once again to the Atherton Tableland - this time the northern end and a much easier climb I must say. We stopped first off at the Golden Drop Winery, after spotting some emus on the...

So today we found breakfast on the other half of the resort - "only" continental but I ate more than I do at home - sultana bran, yoghurt, fruit (fresh rockmelon and pineapple still in their skin were my choice), a little chocolate-chip mini muffin and a latte! Awesome. By the other pool. Doubly awesome. Tomorrow I'll take my phone with me and get some pics for you. When we returned to our suite we got out our new washing bag and did our washing - yesterday's clo...