25th Anniversary

Well it's happened. We've actually reached our 25th Wedding Anniversary and to celebrate we took off to Cairns for a very long weekend. I hadn't been there for some 40 years and Pete had never been.

It was such a nice time to enjoy our break child free......yeah. We took off on Friday morning and arrived by lunch time. We'd hired a car to get us around and off we set. For the balance of that day we walked around Cairns Central and familiarised ourselves with the area. It did seem that a lot of Cairns was based on different areas of Brisbane and it's suburbs. If you combined Southbank, Noosa, Redcliffe, Burleigh Heads and a few others together you've got Cairns. This no way takes away from it's appeal but actually made us feel more at home.

Day two and we took the journey to Kuranda by Skyrail. I managed to 'suck it up' and jump on board the gondola to take us over the tree tops to our destination. We made it to Kuranda for lunch and was entertained by a fabulous sweet maker and other entertainers. Back down the mountain by rail for the 1 1/2 hr journey back to base. I did even manage to stick my head out the window for some great train and scenery shots.

Day three and we drove to Palm Cove for breakfast. Wow what a great place to stop for brekkie. We then took off on one of the most scenic drives to Port Douglas. The highway broke to single lane roads winding their way through some very majestic views. Port Douglas was so like Noosa and was great to stop there for lunch and some Market purchases.

On our last day we decided to try to find a sports store to get the boys a gift from us. Oh No!! we didn't quite make it but stay tuned for what actually happened.

Before we knew it we were back with the pack at home and rushing around trying to do some menial jobs before starting back at work on the Tuesday. It was definitely a whirlwind weekend and we really enjoyed ourselves being close and not being interrupted for one reason or another.

This great shot of this frog was taken as we walked back from the Casino one night. He was sitting all alone on a window of a shop. At first glance I actually thought he was fake but with a gentle poke he came alive. He was so small but such a gentle little fellow. I did put him back on the window in case you were wondering.