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...

Day 56: Cairns Coconut-Day 2 In writing this block I generally do a brief summary of the days events, highlighting the key activities and occurrences. I write the blog knowing that it enables friends and family to track where we are and how or what we are doing, but my primary motivation in writing is to remind us of our holiday of a lifetime, a memory jogger of all the adventures we are experiencing. Saying that, today's blog will be a little more detailed. ...

Day 55: Port Douglas to Cairns It will be a short blog tonight, we've had a great day but didn't really do a great deal. We arrived at the infamous Cairns Coconut resort a little after 11am. By the time we got here the rain had cleared and it had become a beautifully warm sunny day. By the time we set the van up it was after 12pm, which just happens to be the time the water park opens. The kids were chomping at the bit to play on it, so whilst Darren washed...