HAPPY DAYS IN CAIRNS

What a way to finish the trip! Thanks Struan, Sue and girls for such a great week up there. We pulled in to Cairns and flopped into Struan's house for a much needed relax after pushing hard for the last couple of weeks. We could have spent a month here and still not seen everything. We caught up on a couple of movies at the cinema, played ping pong and did some clothes shopping- simple things that you can't do in most of the places we've been. We also did some really cool things like the train and Skyrail to Kuranda, Hartley's Crocodile farm and when Struan treated Mum and Dad to a night in Port Douglas, we went to the Cairns night markets.
There were lots of other things we did like crazy rides at the Cairns show and rafting on the Tully River but probably the best was the amazing day on the Outer Barrier Reef- wow, thanks Farmor and Grandpa for treating us- what a day. We saw whales jumping totally out of the water right up close to our boat, swam with Hawks Bill turtles, sharks, sting rays, a moray eel, clams and lots of fish of all types and colours.

Well all good things have to come to an end and now its time to head home and remember what real life is! But we will be thinking about the next great adventure- there's plenty to choose from.....

Finlay and Freya

Lucky Fin was there to save the day!

Maybe white men can't jump but Crocodiles clearly can

Hartley Creek Croc Park

Would you trust this face?

Train to Kuranda

Butterfly Farm in Kuranda

Inside the Skyrail gondola

Rafting on the Tully with Captains Gary and Struan

Top Guns of the Cairns Helicopter Rescue Service

Heading out to the Reef

THE OUTER REEF