Cairns, round 1 (March 10-11)
A boat to the marina
A bus from the marina to the Gladstone airport
2 airplanes (called aeroplanes here)
And a taxi from the Cairns airport to our Cairns hotel. Ii said “we took ...” and then listed all the modes of transport. She was so excited!
We checked in, started a load of laundry in the apartment hotel, and got the girls to bed. While G read books, I did what I love to do in new cities: I hit the town! I wandered around, gawking at the HUGE trees in downtown Cairns, amazed by the “Lagoon,” the beachfront, free, huge community pool, found a liquor shop to get G a beer and then stopped at the recommended “Rattle and Hum” pizza joint.
It was all delicious. Once the laundry was done and hung to dry, G and I fell fast asleep. NO MUTTON BIRDS!!!
We woke up and went to Perrotta’s for breakfast. Then we wandered the main street to look at all the fruit bats who live (upside down) in trees! They come in in masses at dawn from a night of hunting. Showing its cards as a small town, Cairns closed off a chunk of sidewalk so the bats have their trees above without worrying about the humans below. They rest outside the gorgeous Cairns library which is surrounded not only by the bats’ huge trees, but also by beautiful sidewalk art.
Next, G went to the Cairns Art Gallery while I took the girls to the Lagoon. What fun was had by all. Then we got our luggage out of the hotel storage and headed for the ferry dock: Fitzroy Island, here we come! We’ll be back to Cairns after Fitzroy for another 24 hour period.
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