TUESDAY 9 JUNE    CAIRNS

We had a fairly slow start to the day, due to me still feeling poorly.

Drove into central Cairns again, because I wanted to put a film in for processing, and had seen the right sort of shop at the Central complex. I found a shop that sold detailed maps and looked at these. Then just browsed while we waited for photos to be done.

Actually, now that we are here in Cairns, I think it was a mistake to book for two weeks. I envisaged Cairns as having lots to occupy tourists, but if you are not into spending big dollars and doing lots of reef, island, and diving cruises, or experiencing backpacker oriented night life, there is not all that much to do. We will have to eke out what there is. At the moment, with this cold, I don’t feel like doing too much, anyway.

We had a fish and chip lunch at Cairns Central – $16! Too much money for what we got.

Bought diesel – 66 cpl.

Back at camp, read and did some embroidery. John did computer things.

Tea was soup from a tin, bread and cheese.

Phoned V caught her on the mobile just as they were navigating through Perth in really heavy rain, to B’s relatives’ place. They left Adelaide on 6th and had stops at Poochera, the border and Kalgoorlie. So they did not exactly take their time to see the sights! Pity. I remember the Nullarbor as quite interesting. The fairly brief call gobbled up $2.80, which was all the change I had with me.