Week 26

Palm Cove and Cairns 24th June – 1st July

We stayed at the Palm Cove foreshore Caravan Park. It was undergoing an upgrade. The amenities were finished and they were building the new office.

It was such a great holiday destination we decided to have a holiday from our holiday! $192 for a week on a no powered site, at one of Australia’s top 10 beach destinations!.

The plan was to stay at the award winning Coconut cove resort but glad we didn’t. It was right next to the freeway out of town. So we based ourselves here for our Cairns leg of our adventure.



On Tuesday we ate Pizza for lunch at the foreshore water park. There were a lot of back packers having a bath (and drinking…). In the arvo we checked out the city shopping centre and look at the night markets in the evening.

We spent Wednesday relaxing most of the day apart for a short exploring drive around the local area like Yorkeys Knob.

 It was fun to watch the silly buggers doing bungy jumping at the AJ Hackett site. (sorry no photo’s)

 On Thursday, we visited the Crystal Cascades for picnic.

In the arvo , Rach and the kids played at the Cairns harbour tree house whilst Guy minded Curtis sleeping in the car.

 

On Friday, we spent the day doing the main attraction of the Scenic railway, followed by lunch at the Kuranda markets and then rode the Skyrail back down the mountain.

 

 

The Cairns esplanade markets was on Saturday morning so we headed into town to check them out. We also heard about the “Tank markets” next to the botanical gardens. It was on Sunday.

In the afternoon we found the  Muddy foreshore Playgrounds. A free play area with lots of cool activities for the kids. They didn’t want to leave.

On  our last full day we found the botanical gardens and also looked at the Tank market. It would be the best one we think to visit when here.  We also checked out the rusty market in the CBD. Good for fruit and vegies.

 

We left on Monday and headed south. We stopped at Josephine falls for lunch. There were a few tourists braving the cold water to have a go at sliding down the waterfall.

 

 

 

In the afternoon we visited the Paronella Park, something that Rachel just wanted to see.

We drove on further with plans to stay at Bingil Bay, just north of picture perfect Mission beach.

Well, it was a small place and we didn’t fit. Bugger…. What to do….