Thursday 1st of March 2011
So while you folk at home were enjoying your well-earned sleep, we were enjoying our first port of call in the tropical heat of Cairns in Australia. Yes! We are on the other side of the world!!
Today has been one of the greatest days of this cruise! We have been on a trip which included a fabulous ride on the Cairns Sky Train; the longest cable car in the world at over 7 kilometres and very very high. What makes it so special is that it travels over one of the biggest tropical rain forests there is.
The close heat was compensated by the views and the opportunity of seeing a rain forest at such close proximity. One is able to get off at a number of stations to walk through the forest and to experience the smells and sounds and sights that are so really unusual and special.
At the end of the cable car ride you get to Kuranda which is a village where ethnic shops and markets abound. Apparently it was founded when people we would know as “hippies” came here and settle making a living by creating and selling their crafts and paintings. A wonderful place in which to roam around and there are different “modern” places to visit like zoos and visitor centres. This has been a wonderful day and we left Cairns once again with a deck party with loads of drinks and ice creams etc. We both feel that today is one of the best we have ever experienced!! Cairns would be a great place in which to spend a long holiday.
As we sailed here yesterday we sailed through the Great Barrier Reef, passing Islands large and small and one where Captain James Cook landed on his first exploration of Australia. His ship was badly damaged by the Reef!
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