Fish and bicycles

We finally got round to seeing the Great Barrier Reef – it’s very nice.
We sailed out of Cairns on a 60ft yacht and it rained all day and was freezing cold. Luckily this doesn’t affect fish much so there was plenty to see.

We headed up north as far as Cape Tribulation, “Where the rainforest meets the sea”, true to form it rained there too… so hard in fact that the roof of our van leaked and the roads flooded. The locals had been ‘isolated’ for 5 days prior to our arrival so I’d like to think that we were a pleasant sight.

6 days was enough of the wonderful tropical weather and we decided to start heading south again (as fast as possible).
We did manage to fit in some awesome cycling en route though. Firstly: in Noosa our original off road destination. Where we covered all sorts of terrain; including some vertical cow fields. Our second was a really lucky find; Near Brisbane 100km of purpose built trails. Again lots of variety and for the most part easy enough even for us. Unfortunately for a small part of the day we did find ourselves pushing our bikes for 8km up a mountainside then finding ourselves too scared to ride down.

All this sensible exercise would be nothing without a small amount of childish indulgence and a day at Warner Bros. Movie World was a must.
It was Fantastic! Their new superman ride is quite thrilling. Ann had a busy day of screaming and grinning like a Cheshire. (Cat, not cheese).


We’ve been clocking up the miles and have reached Sydney!