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  Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Saturday, April 30, 2011

Well got here safe and sound, we've covered 7247kms (4500 miles).
Along the way:
We passed by coconuts, mango, peanuts, cotton, coffee, tea, canola, sugar cane and lots of other crops we didn't know the name of.
We've seen kangaroos, wallaby's, wombats, goannas, koalas, snakes and lizards and lots of other animals we didn't know the name of.
We saw  crows, cockatoos, galahs, lorikeets,  emus, hawks, kestrels, cassowaries and lots of other birds we didn't know the name of,
We passed Coromals, Jayco, Millard, Regent, Avans, Jurgens, Geists, Romas and lots other caravans we didn't know the name of.
We saw Ford, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Holden, Kia, Hyundai, Citroen, Fiat, Toyota, Nissan and lots of other cars we didn't know the name of.
We met Dave, Florence, John, Gillian, Anthony, Jan, Greg, Hayley, Louella, Geoff, Brad, Kelly, Ian, Glenda, Bruce, Sandra, Ron, Ruth, and lots of other people we didn't know the name of.
We saw cop cars in yellow, green, blue, grey, white, silver, red and every colour and shade you can think of and hopefully they didn't know our name!

The Nissan NeVera hasn't missed a beat and is now due a well earned service and clean, we may even get it detailed...Rob would be proud! Luckily it came through everything and we didn't even try to drown it this time, some of Fraser Island was a bit rough but it made it through.
The wee Jayco is going to get a good clean too and now we'll have time to tighten up all the loose nuts, bolts and screws.
AND....the laptop survived, no drinking on the job this time...I did keep all wine and beer well away from it!
Our next post will be....maybe the trip to Cape York, although I doubt we'll have much internet service up there or maybe the trip back down to Adelaide, we will use a different route...
Now Cairns, for those who don't know, is in Far North Queensland or FNQ for short. The city has a population of about 150,000. Its in the tropics so its hot and humid (yeeehaaa) and doesn't go below about 20C during the day in winter, very little rain during this time - that's kept for the Wet Season, when they also get cyclones... as you will all know wikipedia knows all so here's the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairns.
As Cairns sits on a bay (Trinity Bay) you'd expect the water to lap up to the Esplanade, well, it doesn't as the tide seems to be out all the time, so they built a swimming pool right on the foreshore - the pool is feckin' HUGE, how big is it? It's SOOOO BIG they call it a swimming Lagoon, not a pool, a LAGOON.  We had a stroll around on Labour Day and the place was packed, lots of bronzed bodies frolicking around...didn't notice any males...must be me eye sight...sure age is a wonderful thing...so are VERY dark glasses... ANYWAY... here abouts we have beaches, rain forest, Great Barrier Reef and lots more to keep us occupied, with lots of sunshine, come on with the Vitamin D...so ooorrooo, TTFN and may your God go with you!

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