Cairns

Cairns was bustling for the first two days, but now it's Sunday and things are much quieter. Spent the whole day yesterday geocaching and only found about 5. There are an amazing number of mountains around here and it's very difficult to find the roads that lead to where you want to go. Fortunately, I have the GPS with me so I'm never lost. Just this morning I hiked up a trail over the airport to find a cache and took several shots of planes taking off, just to give you a feel for how high up the cache was. Also this morning I hiked a half mile up a trail to Barron Gorge, only to find that the guy what hid the geocache did a real good number. Wasn't one of my brainier days as I did a bit of mountain climbing and dangling over precipices to find the thing, but I eventually got it. Note to self; not as young as used to be and should be much smarter in the future. Tomorrow I head out in late afternoon for Darwin and more fun. Hope all is well for you folks in the real world. Somebody say happy birthday to Nick for me, it's Dec 2. Also, Bob and Jess if you're reading this and heading to Cairns, I recommend staying at the Novotel in downtown Cairns if you want some up close experiences with flying foxes. There are a couple thousand that roost on the hotel and library grounds and come sunset they are quite a distraction as they argue and fly. And the beer is still damned good.