Day 63: Mission Beach I think we are going to find it really difficult to assume our normal lifestyle when we return home. For starters, I really am going to have to get a job and a well paying one at that, as after my gorgeous morning walk along the beach the wanting of a beach house has significantly increased. A little later in the morning I convinced the rest of the family to come for a walk along the beach with me. We tried looking for shells but there w...

Day 62: Cairns to Mission Beach Mum, Bec and Lydia left for home this morning. We are back to being just us again. It was great spending time with them and the kids loved catching up with their cousin. Grandma left the kids some extra spending money so they thought Grandma's visit was awesome. We also departed Cairns Coconut, but not before we indulged in a pancake breakfast put on by the park. The record for most pancakes eaten by one person in a sitting i...

Day 61: Kuranda Our last day in Cairns was spent at the town in the rainforest; Kuranda. We caught the 8.45am scenic railway up to Kuranda. The train trip took about 2 hours with a short stop at Barron Gorge Falls and running historical commentary on the way. Mum came with us today whilst Bec and Lydia went to see the crocodiles at the zoo. After we treated ourselves to some indulgent muffins for morning tea we made our way to Bird World. Darren's aunty and...

Days 58,59 & 60 I haven't done my blog for a few days. I didn't do it on Sunday as the only thing I had to write was that my Mum, Bec and my niece Lydia arrived safe and well. It has been lovely to see them but our activities were the same as usual: swimming, swimming and more swimming, but this time with new company. I didn't write yesterday as I was too tired. Yesterday we did do something different. We had a great day out on the Great Barrier Reef. ...

Day 57: Cairns Markets Umm, how to make today sound exciting where to the casual observer it really wasn't but to us it was another fabulous day on our holiday. Once again we made no effort to rush after we awoke this morning. Darren and I spent part of last night trying to decide what options we had for todays activities, not really coming to any conclusions. During breakfast we decided to simply go to the touristy part of Cairns and have a look around. Upo...