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Cairns, Queensland day 7 Fri 21 May 2021

July 22, 2021 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 27 Comments

Today is the 22nd July, demonstrating it has taken me a full two months to document our short break in Cairns. I have been incredibly busy since returning, and am still so, even though we are in hard lockdown. Finally, (I hear readers breathing a sigh of relief), I have got the story to our … Continue reading Cairns, Queensland day 7 Fri 21 May 2021

Cairns, Queensland day 6 Thur 20 May 2021

July 19, 2021 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 20 Comments

With more rain in the forecast we opted for a change of scenery today and headed away from the regular tourist things, deciding we would start the day with a trip to the cinema. Now ... I'm going to digress for a moment. Way back when Covid-19 was still referred to as the coronavirus and … Continue reading Cairns, Queensland day 6 Thur 20 May 2021

Cairns, Queensland day 5 Wed 19 May 2021

July 17, 2021 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 28 Comments

On offer today was the second of the day trips included in our holiday package, once again, on water. This time, the catamaran would take us only as far as Green Island fifty minutes out, and deposit us there for our "Discovery Tour". Green Island is a very small ancient coral cay, surrounded by reef, … Continue reading Cairns, Queensland day 5 Wed 19 May 2021

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