Now that’s a novel title.
Here we are in Cairns, having arrived on the 4th of July. The weather is terrible. Its just 25 degrees with blue skies every day. Can’t stand it!
There’s lots of Victorians here who are also having difficulty adjusting to non-Victorian weather. Yeah, right!
Haven’t done much for the first few days – housekeeping being the order of the day. Cleaned the inside, washed the truck. washed the car, washed the clothes – first time in months (well for some of the aforementioned). There is actually water here to use so, ashamed by the appearance of the Longreach next to us, I just had to wash the Hovel. It now looks a bit less of a hovel….
but anything looks good in this setting.
This park, Crystal Cascades Big 4 is yet again one of the best we’ve stayed in. Just a bit far out of town and I’ve been lost on the townward journey and return twice now. Sometimes sat-navs are good things. We’ve sort of been biding our time until John & Lin Waterhouse arrive in Cairns so we can do the sights together. They’re expected by the 9th. In the meantime I had planned to do some work for Civic Guides but upon inspection it became apparent that most of the signs were missing so selling space on them became a little academic.
The park did put on some entertainment and a sausage sizzle on Saturday night – singers, sausages and slitherens……….
Our first close up of a couple of man-eaters (which ones I hear you ask).
We also had to move parks. Crystal Cascades didn’t have space for us beyond the 9th so we had to book ourselves and the Waterhouses into another park. We are closer to town but the park isn’t as good and its $5.00 per night dearer (at $48.50 per night the dearest we’ve yet experienced). At least we don’t get lost this close to town.
Cairns is a surprisingly large city these days of some 160000 people. It’s spread out over a big area, surrounded land side by beautifully forested mountains, slimy beaches to the east (some have sand). Everything is green, such a contrast to land just over the mountains. I guess this is the tropics and over the mountains is the ‘Savannah’. This is a good time of year. It’s not too humid. I think we would have difficulty adapting to the summer humidity but right now its a great place to be.
More when we get to explore.
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I knew it!!! I should NOT have done that! I should NOT have opened this blog. You are having way too much fun without me! Now I’m road-sick, highway-sick, caravan-sick! While my little van sits out in the driveway all spic-n-span just waiting for me to trundle it off to Amanda’s shed and put its little grey overcoat on:( Oh woe is me!
It’s freezing here, blew an absolute gale all day yesterday, I have a really bad head cold and I have to umpire at a netball carnival all day tomorrow!
But such is life. However I must say that the view out of my lounge room window of the afternoon sun shining on the distant mountains is pretty good:) It will have to do for now.
Go you old things! See it all! Do it all!
When do you head for Cape York?
Talk soon.
Love Robyn
i cant stand the weather at my 3-4 camp! it was wet, it was cold, it was smelly! i couldn’t WAIT to get home. now here i am sitting in my pjs! i also had a close up look of some snakes and crocodiles and lizards and other reptiles at my REPTILE SHOW at camp!
Hi Logan
Nanny and I will be on a camp for a couple of weeks and we are hoping we don’t get to see any slitherens or things that eat people cos there’s not a lot of protection in a tent is there?
Cheers
Pa