GOOD MORNING! Tossed and turned since about 3am, finally got up at 5am and decided I should make my bed right away as to deter any “friends” from wandering in my sleeping quarters. Mind you, I have yet to see any bugs, but I know they are there. I pulled the bedspread up over the sheets, fluffed the pillows, and was rubbing my hand over the bedding to “smooth out the wrinkles” when I felt something hard. I’m pretty sure I jumped about three feet in the air some loud expressions exited my mouth. Kate came running out of her room to my rescue - “Mom, What’s wrong?” Then laughter hysterically broke out. In a very mature manner, I walked to the bathroom, got a rather large wad of toilet paper, came back to my bed (thank you that he was still there) and pinched him up in the wad (too scared to hear the crunch so I didn’t squeeze), quickly ran back to the toilet and sent him home to his waterland. Now I’m not quite sure what it was - could have been a baby cockroach or a tropical beetle, but he definitely got my attention in the most innocent way. I can hardly imagine (well actually I can imagine) what else might find me during my visit.
Our plug-ins (curling iron, phone charger, camera battery, etc) do not plug in to the Australian outlets. We headed back towards Cairns early this morning in search of an outlet adapter. This proved to be an endeavor itself (with three trips back and forth to the store throughout the day), but now we finally have all of our electronics usable.
We talked with the front desk this morning about which boats/guides to take to the Reef. She gave us a couple recommendations. I told her and my little one that we may not ever get back to this part of the world and therefore, I want to be able to experience the best of it. We booked a trip to the Outer Reef leaving out of Port Douglas (an hour north of here) tomorrow. I have been snorkeling a few times and absolutely love it! Kate has never been snorkeling before - and so her first time will be at The Great Barrier Reef - talk about eating the icing before the cake!
The weather today was gorgeous! 30°C, party cloudy, and humid. On our way to the store, we stopped at Trinity Beach and beach-combed for an hour or so. I found a couple pieces of beach glass for my mama. And some shells. Kate saw her first speedo thong bikini - on an older gentleman, oh maybe 65 years of age with the hair (gray) and body (Buddha) to boot. LOL!
Kate wanted to go to The Cairns Tropical Zoo. I think she was in search of a couple animals, one of which was a giraffe. I told her we are on the wrong continent for those. We did get to see some other cool animals though - the obvious Koala and Kangaroo, but also the Cotton Top Tamarin Monkey, Cassowaries, Red Panda, and even the American Alligator (which were humungous BTW!).
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