BBQ area at Trinity Beach
Casablanca Domes
For Sale
Hi All or few,
Another mild moist evening in Cairns punctuated by screams from the swimming pool.
After breakfast we trundled to Cairns and purchased a battery charger. We meandered back into the city centre, Susan complaining of the humidity which i didn't think was that high. Using the POI (points of interest) of the GPS we located and visited several bike stores to investigate the parts situation, I finally managed to get a patch cord for the Telstra modem to plug it into the external antenna after 4000km of trying. We investigated book shops for audio books and finally had lunch at Cairns Central a Westfield like construction that wan't there in 1994 on my last visit.
During the morning we caught up with Tanya who has emigrated north of the border from Adelaide and is now resident at Kuranda and who related that the GFC has really knocked business in Cairns and surrounding tourist areas such as Kuranda.
After a pause at camp to install the battery charger and for Susan's afternoon nap we ventured to Trinity Beach to check out where i stayed in 1994 on a family holiday. The place hasn't changed much at all and the changes that have been made are improvements. "Casablanca Domes" the accomodation is still there and up for sale. Even more remarkable was the shop that sells hand made womens bathers was also still there. Susan on the search for new bathers following the demise of her previous pair was unable to find some to her taste inside. I recall a small fortune was spent there on the last visit. After a pleasant few minutes soaking up the ambience of the beach we bit the bullet and travelled to the Smithfield Shopping Centre where the bathers search continued fruitlessly. Then it was food shopping at Woolies to round out the afternoon. This time we remembered to buy the wine and some G&T premix. A day of modest achievement.
Note to self:- need to remember, dentist at 9 tomorrow, get bike rack replacement parts sent, find Mitsubishi dealer order tail light bulb socket and book service, get mail sent to park, order bike parts, buy decent cases for Cape York, organise trip to Kuranda on Skyrail, do trip to the reef, organise car and camper storage all before Wednesday next week ..gees i am feeling tired already, better get to bed cya folks.
cheers Simon
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