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| Queensland, the most Northeastern province, comes into view |
Cairns, our destination. It's a small town, a lot like Dothan (if Dothan was in a tropical paradise immediately adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef)
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| Adventures in Left-hand driving. One family member watched the speed, another was assigned to make sure Scott always turned into the left hand lane. Two were acting as spotters at the many multi-lane roundabouts. No one died. |
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| The Beach, immediately across the street from our apartment rental in a little village about 15 minutes out of town. |
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| We went for groceries at the local mini-mart. Australians are known for their love of Vegemite--a fermented yeast extract that you spread on toast. It's gross. We are unsure how it caught on. |
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| We went to one of the touristy "dinner in the Rainforest / Aboriginal experiences." It was touristy, reasonably fun and significantly overpriced...but hey, you gotta do it once. |
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| Sugarcane is a big cash crop here. It grows like a weed, in some places it's taken over the ditches. |
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| Today we headed up into the mountains into a local National Park to go "canyoning" in Behana Gorge. |
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| Our goofball guide at left. Both our guides were exceptional--consummately professional and yet fun to spend the day with. This turned out to be an exceptional value and was a highly rated day by the whole family (even the one scared of heights). |
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| Snorkeling for crawdads |
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| We happened upon a Blue Tree Snake (not poisonous, somewhat rare) |
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| Yes, that is Everlie...no Photoshop |
Tomorrow: Off to the Great Barrier Reef!
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