Cairns

On Tuesday, we flew from Brisbane to Cairns (pronounced Cans) where Joe's brother Tom and his wife Tricia live. Cairns is about 1000 miles north of Brisbane, on the Queensland coast. It is in an area known as FNQ - Far North Queensland. The climate is very tropical. There are many palm trees and sugar cane fields here. In fact, Tom and Tricia have some nice palm trees in their yard, along with a mango tree, and there are Kukkaburras and Lorikeets that frequent these trees.

After spending a relaxing afternoon visiting with Tom and Tricia, we drove around Cairns a little and then walked around the town Esplanade and went down by the Marina, and also went to an Aboriginal Craft shop. There we bought a CD of Didgeridoo music. They had Didgeridoos for sale at the Aboriginal Craft shop, but since it would not fit in our luggage, we decided against purchasing one.