I woke up early this morning to have a FaceTime with Liz and Lynne, it was lovely to chat with them and hear their news and catch up. I shall be seeing them soon.Then I was off to the CWA international day. There were pupils from the local primary school with their head teacher. There… Continue reading Byron Bay – 1st June

This morning I spent a leisurely few hours having breakfast and packing up all my stuff so I could leave it at the hotel after check-out. Once I had done this I walked down to North Pier. The walk way was also the cycle path and it took you under the road that had been… Continue reading Brisbane/Byron Bay – 31st May

So when I woke up this morning I realised that I was without clean underwear. Fortunately, the apartment had a laundry section and I was able to wash and dry a load of washing before going out. While the washing was doing I had a leisurely breakfast, watched some terrible daytime tv, knitted and planned… Continue reading Brisbane – 30th May

Happy Birthday to me! Had a lie in until 6:30! Tried to go back to sleep but couldn’t so I got up and got on with my packing. I received a couple of messages, wrote a couple of e-mails and got myself ready for breakfast at 9am. I enjoyed a pot of tea, a mushroom… Continue reading Cairns/Brisbane – 29th May

So today was a free day to decided to do what we wanted to do and for me that meant another day on the reef. This time I booked a trip on a smaller boat that took us to three different reefs. I went on my own as no-one else wanted to do another reef… Continue reading Cairns – 28th May

Breakfast was cereal again plus some irresistible pastries with a pot of tea of course. After breakfast I walked over to the Tourist Information Office and booked my tour for the following day. At 9am we had a short coach ride to Cairns station for a journey on the Kuranda Scenic Railway. We travelled first… Continue reading Cairns – 27th May

After breakfast we left at 8:30 for Mossman Gorge. It was an hour and a half but with about 20 minutes I had finished the final square. At Mossman Gorge we were treated to a guided Dreamtime Cultural Walk led by an aboriginal guide through the rain forest beginning with a smoking ceremony. He told… Continue reading Cairns – 26th May

Up at 6:30 for breakfast after a good night’s sleep. I decided to have cereal rather than a cooked breakfast. I then had an experiment. I had not done any packing and had emptied my suitcase to do all my washing so I decided to time how long I took to do it all in… Continue reading Mission Beach/Cairns – 25th May

Over night it rained and as I was on the top floor and the roof was made of corrugated iron it was extremely noisy. So I still woke up early!Today the group was split into two so that half could have some time to themselves while the other half went of for a tour of… Continue reading Mission Beach – 24th May

Woke up at 5 am and couldn’t go back to sleep so read for a bit. Got up and was down for breakfast for just after 7 bags all packed. I took receipts and memory card etc so I could talk to the tour desk after breakfast about my photos. Breakfast was scrambled eggs on… Continue reading Day Dream Island/Mission Beach – 23rd May