Enjoying Cairns
02 August 2012 | Cairns Marlin Marina
Susie
Ian came to Cairns to deliver a seminar paper and then joined us for a few days. The intention was to spend four idyllic days visiting the local islands and reefs but in 25knot winds that wasn’t going to happen, so we spent our time in the Marina relaxing and socializing, and then hired a car for a couple of days and took in some of the local sights.
We haven’t done a lot of socializing this year. Usually it’s drinks on the beach every afternoon but this year there’s rarely been another boat in any of our anchorages or the weather’s been against us. It was great then to catch up for a BBQ on the Esplanade with Shannon and Peter from ‘Tryphena’ who we first met in 2007 and Michelle and Rick from ‘Neriki’ who were in Island Head Creek when we were there. Both boats will be in the area for a while before heading in different directions, so we should meet up again.