Australia photos > Last few days in Cairns
-
dsc02785.jpg
The sunrise over the marina from our room at the Shangri-La Hotel, Cairns
-
dsc02803.jpg
Some rather cool grafitti in Cairns
-
dsc02781.jpg
While John was "at seas," I went to the Cairns mall with Paul and Lorna where we saw this store with a VERY cool name!
-
dsc02805.jpg
A Cairns institution; the Night Markets. They're mainly an odd grouping of knick-knack shops and halthfood/massage kiosks, but they're only open when th sun is down
-
dsc02806.jpg
I took this photo at 6pm, and they weren't open yet
-
dsc02813.jpg
Wednesday night - John returned to land with the dive boat crew, and everyone met up later that night at a pub for goodbyes
-
dsc02834.jpg
Warren and his star student
-
dsc02812.jpg
If this sight is any indication of how the night went, you can imagine how much everyone liked each other
-
dsc02819.jpg
Mille, Sam, Lucy, and Lindsay
-
dsc02814.jpg
Fozzie, the div boat's captain. Fozzie is a Cairns living legend
-
dsc02824.jpg
Warren with Mille, "ze perfect girl!" They're an adorable couple nad unfortunately this blurry photo doesn't show their ridiculous good looks. However, the blur is a bit groovy & psychedlic, no?
-
dsc02840.jpg
If you stay out long enough, you'll always end up dancing. Not only is Sam an excellent dive instructor, he does a great mambo as well.
-
dsc02837.jpg
John and Andy, his underwater diving buddy. In scuba, the diver provides arm & hand signals to each other. When both hands are raised above the head in an "O" shape, it indicates to the lookout person on the boat that you are okay, floating at the surface, and not in need of help. However, with John's shoulder, he can't raise his second arm, so Andy assists. This is the modified "We're Okay" sign.
-
dsc02843.jpg
Bright eyed and busy-tailed hte next morning, taking the train to the Daintree Rainforest with the Hodges
-
-
-
-
-
dsc02867.jpg
The train stopped once on the way up to Kuranda for a photo op at this amazing waterfall
-
dsc02868.jpg
Lovely Lorna with a flower that we found near the waterfall
-
dsc02893.jpg
The Shants in action! A mid-train change from pants to shorts......
-
dsc02877.jpg
Once up in Kuranda, we had lunch and stopped at an outdoor market that sold the funniest of things.... Emu Oil, anyone?
-
dsc02872.jpg
Or perhaps a G-string made from kangaroo fur...?
-
dsc02871.jpg
A handpainted portrait of the Magnificent Seven...?
-
dsc02876.jpg
Tarot Card readings are available too.... Insightful.
-
-
dsc02873.jpg
We almost HAD to buy one to jusity the artists' imaginably arthritic hands
-
-
dsc02888.jpg
We were SUPPOSED to take the famed rainforest gondola back out of the rainforest. BUT, there was a major blackout in the village of Kuranda and the gondolas were stuck for hours (with people inside them, hanging above the ranforest!). So, we took the lovely - yet boring, since we had been on it before - train back down.
-
dsc02890.jpg
Well, we actually had to haggle with the train ticket guy for 15 minutes about getting on the train even though we only had gondola tickets... Lorna did all the talking, and we got on!
-
dscn6609.jpg
A fun day with Paul & Lorna; our last day together in Cairns! Thanks for everything Hodges!
-
dsc02887.jpg
Our thoughts exactly.
-
dsc02918.jpg
A fromer landlover(cowboy) now loves the sea in his new hobby (scuba).
-
dsc02916.jpg
Dorky photo op at the airport. G'day, mates
-
dsc02915.jpg
Can you see it? Brisbane in the FAR background!
-
dsc02914.jpg
We had a connection in Brisbane. So, while we can't actually say tht we were there, it's technically another city to cross off on our Australia list.
