Enjoying but sweating in Cairns

Spent Sunday hoofing around Cairns Started with going to Church at the Cathedral which is supposed to be the church with the most stained glass windows in the world.  They have many of the same themes in their windows as in other churches but they have gone further to make them relevant to Australia Can you see the Kangaroo in the window.

Very tropical in Cairns as you can see from the palm trees along the sidewalk. In front of our hotel is a large shallow pool, called the lagoon, that borders the ocean beach front.

We then spent time in  the pool at the hotel - was a beautiful day and we pretty well had the whole pool to ourselves.

Then decided go out on the town for a good meal so we thought up a good reason.  Feb 5 was the date Don and Rose got engaged 43 years ago. We had a great seafood dinner at the Fish restarant. 

Was hard to leave our hotel - the Mantra on the Esplanade - was a perfect location since we did not have any wheels and could walk most places.

Monday morning we were off to pick up our RVand Irene and Rose wanted an afternoon at the Factory Outlet stores before we headed to the campground.  So Neil  and I loaded the RV with groceries.  Once the stores closed we headed for a campround about 15 kms  away and found a very beautiful tropical place.  Since this is the hotest time of the year, most Australiasn stay away from here so the campground is not very crowded as you can see.

Cooked up a meal of Prawns at the outside kitchens - Neil is the Prawn specialist. These kitchens are very complete with sinks, barbeques, fridges, all under a roof but you still outside.  These kitchens are very clean which we find hard to believe.  We can't understand the camping scene in Australia - so quiet, clean and beautiful fully equipped camp kitchens.

Spent Tuesday  taking a tour where we took an old train up a Mountain through a series of passes with 15 tunnels in the mountain range.  Ended up at a Town up in the Mountains where we found the Fitzpatrick Tavern.  The tropical plants even high up in the mountains - see the flower.

Then take the cable car down the mountains with some spectacular views.

Thee scenery is fantastic but the one thing we have not mentioned yet is that is is very hot and very humid.  So when we got back this afternoon we headed for our campground pool  and what a great pool it is.