Tuesday 25th
April 2017
ANZAC Day
16 degrees 57.193S
145 degrees
41.140E
Blue Water Marina
Cairns
So yesterday we got to Cairns after an uneventful
night in Mourilyan Harbour.
17 degrees 36.494S
146 degrees
07.482E
Mourilyan Harbour
I forgot my very best 2XS story from a week or so away…Harry
(13) came and, rather earnestly, asked me if I had an electric toothbrush. Why yes, a green one! Oh…well
it is floating in the toilet bowl…and I fished it out! Heroic Harry!
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| Beautiful Esplanade Cairns pool |
16 degrees 55.068S
145 degrees
46.880E
Marlin Marina,
Cairns
Our friend Steve is a great boat companion. But oh dear he is subject to seasickness…
Captain Pete doled out Kwells rom the 2XS dispensary, to be taken two hours
before we set sail. Steve obediently
swallowed them but…
2004???
This morning we followed the ANZAC parade up from the waterfront
and enjoyed the rain, the sun, the humidity, the pathos.
And this afternoon we went up the narrow creek which
reminded us all so much of African Queen.
So surprising to be suddenly in a bustling new
NEW
Gold Coast-type suburb!
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| James and Born - surprised! |
We spent the afternoon in the brand new hotel at Blue Water
marina, watching the Essendon-Collingwood game and listening to a very nice musician
called Shannon Hunter.
We had a teensy bit of difficulty getting back to 2XS…it
is a public holiday and the marina manager had given us a berth number but no
keys…We got out fork the pontoons into the hotel/cave area but…it was impossible
to get back without a key. Pete worked
out a way of climbing over two fences around the back. Tomorrow no doubt Rick the manager will be back
and we will have proper keys to get in and out of our floating prison…
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| NEW suburb!! |
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