Cairns, Day 5 (Round 2)

We had a lazy sort of day today – but we did get up early hoping to catch a spectacular sunrise. Well, it wasn’t really spectacular but it was pretty.

There was a large pelican floating along the shoreline, trying to catch fish (which were doing well at jumping out of the way) and lots and lots of exercisers – walkers, joggers, people using the exercise stations. It was a pretty busy place for 6 in the morning.

Australian Pelican

Australian Pelican

Early morning fitness on the Esplanade

Early morning fitness on the Esplanade


After doing some laundry (exciting, I know), we headed out for a drive and took a picnic lunch with us. We went north and investigated the beaches at Yorky’s Knob (no I didn’t ask why that name)
John at Yorky's Knob beach

John at Yorky’s Knob beach


and Trinity Beach
Chris at Trinity Beach

Chris at Trinity Beach


and then headed south and checked out where the Worldmark in Cairns is located. Next stop was lunch and we found a kind of quiet spot near the northern end of the esplanade where we sat on the lawn and enjoyed the views.

That’s about it for today – we were going to go geocaching but that didn’t happen – maybe tonight, maybe not.

Tomorrow morning we leave for Brisbane airport and the drive north to Golden Beach at Caloundra.

Butterfly

Butterfly