After getting spoiled in Business Class all the way up, we landed in Cairns in beautiful weather...sunny, light breeze and mid 20's. All the reasons why we have left Melbourne in winter.
Coming in to land at Cairns - Double Island at Palm Cove is in the foreground
We picked up our hire car from Europcar. It took forever because everyone seemed to have chosen them. Most of the other agencies were sitting around twiddling their thumbs. We have a very nice VW Jetta, an upgrade from the Golf we had booked.
From Cairns Airport it was a short drive up the coast to Palm Cove where we are staying for a few days at the Melaleuca Resort. It a very nice, little bit older but well looked after resort of 20+ apartments overlooking the beach. Even though it was still quite early, our room was ready so we were able to move in.
We didn't waste much time unpacking though, we had more important things to do...like getting changed out of our winter clothes and going for a walk along the beach eating an ice cream. Yes, this is the way to spend winter!
Looking back on Palm Cove from the end of the jetty
After a pleasant stroll, it was time to jump in the car and pop back to Clifton Beach to buy supplies. With our crazy shopping hours in Melbourne, it is easy to get caught out in other places...Coles closes at 5.30 here on the weekends.
I finished off a really beautiful day by indulging in my hobby of geocaching by going out and finding my first Queensland geocache (if you want to find out what geocaching is, have a look at this
website).
