Cairns
It is quite amazing – when we arrived in Cooktown – they welcomed us to the city with a parade. We arrive in Cairns and there is another parade! And what a parade. It lasted for over two hours with over a hundred floats and displays. It seems that the best way to advertise in Cairns is to have a float in the Cairns Festival Street Parade. Every school, every cultural group, every dance academy, every karate/judo group, every costume hire place and even Nandos had a float or group walking. All along the street, families had arrived early and set out their picnic blankets and sat on the ground claiming their space, and everyone else respected that. No-one tried to squeeze in or walked over their claimed territory. I can’t see that happening in Brisbane! As expected Darryl had a wonderful time taking photographs of all the floats and displays until his flash went flat.
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| Some of the floats in the Cairns Festival Parade |
Earlier in the day, on the drive to Cairns, (it is approximately a one hour drive into Cairns over the range) we visited Barron National Park and Barron Falls. They are incredible falls made up of several drops. The Barron River has been dammed for agriculture on the Atherton Tablelands so the amount of water which goes over the falls is much reduced, and given that this is winter and the dry season – the falls were not as dramatic as is sometimes seen in photos – but was still great to see.
Today we booked tickets for the Kuranda Sky Rail and Scenic Railroad which we will do tomorrow and also a trip to Green Island the following day. We can’t wait!
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