Palm Cove

14th October 2014. We had a sleep in till 7.30 then went to breaky on the balcony. We caught a local bus to Palm Cove. It was a 40 min trip and passed through Clifton Beach. Clifton is a nice spot but Palm Cove is a stunning place. Palms lining the beach and huge Melaluca trees lining the road. I think it  would make a nice honeymoon spot. Reminded me of Hamilton Island  but I think there would be more to do here. We were dropped in front of "cockys" a coffee shop dad went to with Lyndie and Darren. So for old time sake we had our coffee there.   We walked a short way along the esplanade and bought some papers for mum and dad. I then walked the rest of the esplanade and  bought fish and chips for lunch .  We ate it at a picnic table by the beach. Then did some more sitting,  me on the sand and mum and dad at the table. We all didn't want to catch the bus back just yet. Eventually we went back to Cairns and went to the esplanade.  I went bin the pool for a swim. We had tea at Hides cafe and a lady took our photo.

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Moore Reef, Cairns

13th October 2014. The alarm was set again for 6am to get to breakfast at 6.30am do we could slowly walk to the jetty by 8am. We too the reef magic boat out to a pontoon on Moore Reef .There were numerous activites included which were glass bottom boat tour,  semi submersible boa tour, an underwater observatory and snorkeling . A guy did a fish feeding show and the friendly mauri rass came in close. Lunch morning and afternoon tea also included which made for a very enjoyable day . I went snorkeling and saw more live coral and many more varieties of fish than other times I gave snorkeled. We got back to the room and dad crashed in bed while mum and I watched bear grylls and played cards.

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Kuranda

12th Oct. We set the alarm at 6am and went down for  continental breakfast at Hides Hotel. We walked to the train station and caught the scenic rail up to Kuranda. It made a stop at Barron falls but not much water was coming over the falls. Up at Kuranda we walked to the town and had a coffee. Then dad bought a paper and we settled him in a chair while we went to the markets. We were tempted by a crocodile belt until we heard the price of 170 dollars. We had a lovely lunch at a cafe near a lady playing a harp. Then we caught  the skyrail down the mountain. This trip was absolutely awesome. Suspended high above the rainforest it was scary but beautiful and as we descended the mountain we afforded expansive views of the ocean and cairns. A bus took us back to our hotel but mum and I got off early and walked up the esplanade and the back to Hides stopping for ice cream and wifi at maccas. We bought tea from Woolies and ate it on the balcony.

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Spirit of Queensland

October 10th, 11th . Lyndie dropped mum, dad and I at Caboolture train station for a 4.40pm departure. We were travelling in the new rail beds and had 3 seats next to each other. We were served dinner which was a bit like airline food but nicer. Mum watched princess grace of monaco while dad watched the muppet movie . Then mum and I watched a movie called 'All is lost' about a guy who had a yachting accident and how things keep going wrong for him. A story of survival (or not)starring  a very old Robert Redford. They converted our seats into beds and we hit the sack. The night rattled and wobbled on as Dad roused and crossed off each town we passed.
They woke us at 6am to convert the beds back. I pretended to still be asleep ,so they did me last.  Breaky served at 7am. Then Mum and I watched The Magic of Belle Isle with Morgan Freeman which was a nice movie. We stopped at Tully and had an hour break since we were ahead of schedule. We got out and found an orange tree in fruit in a a park so we picked a few. We arrived in Cairns late afternoon and made our way to Hides Hotel. We bought subway for tea and ate it on the balcony at Hides.

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