Cairns

Muddy's Playground

Rick had to take the car to a local workshop for a service - it was only a few kilometers up the road so he road his bike back. Caitlin and Cooper did some journal writing and school work. I finally got mathletics up and running. I did some washing and Rick took the kids for a swim in the pool and then across to the water park which starts up at 12. After keeping a close eye on the weather and winds we decided that tomorrow was about the pick of the days for a reef trip so Rick booked the Reef Magic tour at reception. After toasted sandwiches for lunch we caught the local bus into Cairns and we walked down the esplanade. The lagoon was popular today and there were loads of people lying around on the grass. We continued on to Muddy's Playground. The kids had a great time on all the play equipment and it wasn't long before they were stripped off to their underwear and in the water-play areas. Rick had a call to say the car was ready so he took off to pick it up and we went for a walk around the shops and had an ice-cream (I am a little concerned about the number of ice-creams we are consuming!)Rick met us back in town and we had a drink at a bar along the esplanade an headed back to the van and bought a pizza for dinner. About 9pm we received a call from reception staff explaining to us that the Reef Magic boat had engine dramas and they would have to use their smaller boat which meant they were looking for people to change their plans and go on Friday or alternatively go with Sunlover a different operator. We were keen to stay with Reef Magic so we were told to get there early as it would be first in.