Heading home from holiday, and a postscript on things I shouldn’t have bothered taking
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Heading home
Another fine day in Cairns. After a quiet start, we took a walk to find a post office to send some post cards, and then headed for the marina. We’d booked a tour at the very civilised time of 11am to the Great Barrier Reef on the “Reef Rocket“, a fast catamaran that gets you ... [More]
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Car-free in Cairns
Cairns CBD footpaths are wide, so walking around is easy… until you need to cross a street.
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Back to Cairns
Time to head from Cape York back to Cairns, but because of reasons, we weren’t flying directly out of Bamaga, but instead from Horn again. So another early start: brekky in the hotel before a quick trip to the Seisia wharf, and back to Thursday Island on the ferry, for a very brief reunion. Then ... [More]
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Fruitbat Falls
Cool water, dusty roads, and the biggest ant hills you’ve ever seen.
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Pajinka
My tip: Go to the tip (and use a local guide if you can)
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Mystery island
Our family spent decades living here, but nailing down precise locations proved surprisingly difficult.
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History, old and new
We were holed up in our accommodation on Thursday Island. No sleep-in for us; we received a delivery of locally produced “breakfast boxes” at 7am. This was actually a great start to the day, a great mix of yummy stuff to eat for breakfast or save for later, and an hour later we were boarding ... [More]
A homecoming of sorts
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Bananas and sugar cane
Chasing family history in Innisfail
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Above the treetops
It’s skyrail, but not as you know it
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Flight 702 to Cairns
Escaping winter to the warmth of Far North Queensland