This coast of Queensland, Aust. has some pretty tough weather and there aren't many places to hide the rough stuff out. So we putz on the boat for a few days and enjoy more of Cairns. The weather calms down and we head out to Michaelmas Reef for a couple of dives, one much better than the other. The water is a lot colder than we would have expected. Even in my 5 mil suit, it gets pretty chilly. We spend the night at the reef then head back to port as the wind begins to build "AGAIN". Sheesh! Michaelmas Reef is really close to Cairns, so the tour boats all head out there and it gets pretty "used". It would have been time for us to move on anyway.
Amazingly, there isn't too much washing to do on the boat. Now we have all of this spare time to kill, so we decide to scrub a year's worth of weathering off of the teak decks. Oh, my aching knees! But the decks look "Bellisimo"!
Enough sitting around, all it takes is one rental car. This time, we head south from Cairns, through Yungaburra, Atherton and Herberton, ending up in Ravenshoe for the night. Only one Motel there, the Kool Moon Motel, and we got the last room. Lucky. Dinning out consisted of pub food at the 1911 hotel, which has withstood many cyclones, only needing a new roof after cyclone Yasi in 2011. Good people, decent food, a nice rural town. We checked with the front desk to see if we could get a 6:00am wake up call…."Well, if I'm awake, I guess I could call you." I giggled, "O.K." We set Glen's iphone, just as a back up. Ravenshoe has the distinction of being the highest town in Australia. That being said, it is cold there this time of year. What were we thinking? I packed shorts!
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