Brisbane to Cairns.

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Brisbane to Cairns.

We fly out to Cairns and true to form, the flight's delayed. I don't think I've ever hit so many delayed flights. We land in Cairns and it's +32C, overcast with spotty showers and 98% humidity. WOW!! Clouds hang overhead and it's HOT!!!

We grab our rental car and I think I see Trish's hair get curlier!!

We find our hotel and get settled in and then head downtown.

I gotta tell you, Cairns is a great little city. Everyone is friendly and it's incredibly touristy. We walk the Esplanade (which is the beach front street) to find some place to have supper. They've all got early bird specials (are we that old already?) and we have it down to Barnacle Bills or the Raw Prawn. Raw Prawn wins on name and decore so we head in. This turns out to be the freshest and best seafood supper I've ever had. It's amazing. You can tell that the staff doesn't work for tips as we are helped by no less that 4 servers. The experience last for 2 hours and is worth every penny (i think around $180 for the two of us). Have a look at the dishes. There's barramundi, mud crab, huge prawns and scallops

We cruise the Esplanade and the Night Markets which come alive at 4:30 in the afternoon and go to 11pm. What a great little city this is! We head back to the hotel and plan the next 2 days.

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Photos

Clouds hang
at +32C

Clouds again
It's insane how they hang

Trish @ Raw Prawn
Loving that local seafood

BigBoy likey
Hughie loves the fresh seafood

Comments

[Della Dowbush]

Memories
I remember how the humidity was there......kinda a kick in the face. It was so hard to sleep there at night cause we had no air conditioning, just big ceiling fans in our rooms. Love the blogs....checking all the time!! Take care.....looks like you are having alot of fun! Della

[mrhooie]

Thanks Girl!!
Glad to see the comment. We got lucky, good aircon in the room!!!

[its Ian!]

heh, pending euphamisms
Damn, first Trish holds a giant banana, next she dines on hawt pr0ns? The sexual undertones are too much for me! Next you'll be off to polish a statue of the pope, or engage in midevil porksword jousting!

[mrhooie]

AH HA!!
You know me big boy ;)