Finally after almost 30 hours after leaving Cincinnati we arrived at the first stop on our trip, Cairns. Located in the northern part of the country the weather is very tropical, with everyone wearing shorts or bathing suits.
The flight from Sydney was just under 3 hours, and there was a time change, so arrived at 10:30 AM on Friday morning local time. In that we were early our hotel room wasn’t ready, so we checked our bags and changed into shorts and walked around town to wait for our room. In that we hadn’t really slept much or well on the flights, we were anxious to get in a short nap, but had to wait.
We had made dinner reservations at a restaurant by the name Ochre, so since we had time we walked around town to find it for tonight. After that stopped at a sidewalk cafe, had a sandwich then headed back towards hotel hoping our room was ready. It was, so we checked in, unpacked a few things then laid down for a nap. Luckily we called and left a wake up call, because we both went out like a light and might have slept well past the time of our reservation.
Dinner was Great! And the service was even better! Our waitress was Italian, had only been a resident of Australia for a few years, and met her husband there at the restaurant. She suggested the Australian sampler for two, which we elected to try, and it was delicious. We had Crocodile and Prawns to start, then Wallaby and Kangaroo for our entree, we both enjoyed the Kangaroo the best. It has no fat and because of its diet is very healthy. The kangaroo was from the wild but the wallaby was farm raised.
Our goal was to try and remain awake until at least 10 PM, and I will definitely make it as it is now 9:30 as I write today’s blog. Mary on the other hand is already asleep!
Picture of Mary and I enjoying our first dinner in Australia.
Until tomorrow!
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You guys look great!!! Keep the great blog coming as Scott and I feel like we are there with you! Love you!
hey den bob….this is so awesome that you are writing this blog! I feel like i am there with you and mar. i hope you will tell us some of the unusual words and phrases they use there that are different from ours, as i enjoy the way they speak.
adam reports you have been walking quite alot, actually, an unbeleivable lot, last week. maybe you were on treadmill getting ready for this trip?
we have guys here putting in a new kitchen cabinet, yesterday curb appeal was here adding concrete edging and stones to walk on in back, before that we had guest room and bathroom painted, new room darkening drapes so it will not be sunny in there any more when you come to visit. we are ready for a vacation after all this work.
Looking forward to your next blog….hug mar for me…..go cards.
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