Cairns pt 2

The weather continued to be quite showery and windy but we had a sunny day when we went to Palm Cove for the day. Palm Cove is one of the northern beaches of Cairns, and is the most lovely in our opinion.

We all had a lovely day on the beach enjoying the sunshine and ambiance.

We also took a day trip to Kuranda. Again, it rained for most of the day, but we managed to get a lovely walk through the rainforest to the Baron Gorge lookout. We all enjoyed the rainforest and admired the spectacular scenery.

The drive from Cairns to Kuranda is spectacular too, with some fabulous lookouts.

On our last day with James, we went out to the reef on a tour. The day didn't start well, as it was raining, we had a bit of confusion walking to the wharf and then found that the boat (which had been recommended as having low numbers and being family friendly) was actually packed to capacity with 20-something tourists - we were the oldest and the youngest on board, with Ben being the only kid. I guess everyone was waiting for the better weather (it had been very windy over the previous week). Luckily, the weather magically became sunny, and we had a couple of excellent snorkles on two locations of Hastings reef.  We saw great fish and the coral was more colourful than I had expected with some pretty pinks and blues.  It was a great day for our last day with James.