We awaken refreshed and have slept surprisingly late for
us. Must have needed the sleep. I make us coffee and we try to walk around
the sleeping children to go outside to check out email. The internet connection is so poor most
places we have been in Australia, that we generally end up standing in the
middle of the street or driveway to get any reception at all. Once we awaken the kids, we get our breakfast
and organize ourselves for a foray into the town of Cairns. Hudson opts to stay at home to have a little
R&R from the family while the rest of us venture out. We find our way into the center of town and
luckily meet up with a meter maid that advises us to take advantage of free
parking at the mall. We do. After parking, of course we have to walk
through the mall to get out the other side.
Annie and Sam are all adither and we spend a good hour or two obliging
them. Once out into the bright sunny
day, we walk around town. There is a lot
to see here with very interesting shops and restaurants lining the
avenues. It is a great walking town and
we soon discover an alley with great second hand shops and vintage
boutiques. We check out the bookstore
and a couple of shops when the skies open up and start pouring down rain. We duck into a Swiss bakery (great place of
refuge!) and treat ourselves to a few goodies.
We continue our walkabout town and finally end up at the local market,
Rusty’s. This is an open air market with
vendors selling the most luscious array of fruits and veggies. Annie and I walk around and sample the
mangoes, apples, nectarines, peaches, grapes, watermelons, pineapples and
avocadoes. We are pretty stuffed when we
return to Paulie and Sam and see they have ordered Japanese food from a food
truck. There meal looks yummy too so we
offer to help them finish. Afterward, we
walk around a bit more and then return to the cabin to rest up. We end our day with a light meal and a movie
afterward.
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