Our first full day in Australia and we start by heading straight to find the Jucy rental office to organise our wheels and roof for the next month. Yes, we are hiring a camper van and will be living in it! Oh my goodness! The rest of the day is spent finding our feet and enjoying the sun on our backs again. It feels amazing to be able to venture out in flip flops, shorts and a t shirt! Cairns is a lovely place and we make the most of the glorious weather on the Esplanade which runs for nearly 2 km along the sea front.
There is a free water park and Muddies playground and further along an outdoor poor /lagoon where the girls dip their toes! There seems to be a mix of locals and tourists in town and we discover that this weekend marks the start of a month of festivities marking the annual Cairns festival. We catch an amazing street performer - Jacob - who travels worldwide entertaining and performing his comedy/juggling act and we stand and watch for a while as he selects a lady from the crownd to help him with his act involving juggling machetes and fire torches while standing on a make shift wooden tower at the same time balancing on a wooden tube!
After a quick shop for supplies and a very long walk back to the motel we go back into the town to watch the carnival parade pass by. The streets are full of people enjoying the atmosphere and many floats and groups which form part of the procession. The finale is an amazing firework display over the beach front which lasts and lasts.
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