MONDAY 8 JUNE     CAIRNS

Well, the mystery of the sore throat is solved – I have a heavy cold. Much sneezing and sniffling through the day, and generally feeling miserable.

I did the washing – two loads.

We drove back into the centre part of town, and explored some more, just seeing what is around, and looking to see if there is any other Information Centre that might try to be helpful to travellers like us. Did not find such a creature.

We had a good browse amongst the shops of Cairns Central complex. It is quite a while since we were in an area of large shops. Bought a couple of coffees – an indulgence for $5.20! Then, later, John really wanted a Chinese food lunch from a shop at the food gallery – so we spent $13.80 on that. This ranks as a big day out for us!

Went back to camp in good time to get my washing from the line, then didn’t do much else for the rest of the day, except feel out of sorts.

Tea was light – salad, bread cheeses – the sort of meal we really like, anyway.