For our 19th Anniversary, we spent a week in Cairns.
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Cairns Esplanade on Sunday evening, just at sunset.
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"origami" fish scupltures at the Cairns Lagoon, a modern, enclosed swimming area.
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Monday morning, we woke up to find it raining - this is at the hotel.
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What I think is a King Fern, and our hotel room, the lefthand door on the right.
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For those interested, details about the Wavedancer.
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Having arrived near Low Isles, the guy in red is giving us information on how to snorkel.
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Low Isle. The lighthouse dates from the late 1800s. The "rock" in the foreground is actually coral reef, it's low tide.
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One guide insisted this was a remora, another informed us it's a black-tip shark. At any rate, harmless and small - under two feet long.
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The next few pics are reef pictures taken from a glass-bottom boat. All my snorkeling images are videos.
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The smooth, white corals aren't dead, they're sleeping.
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Looking up at the lighthouse. It's not terribly visible in this reduced pic, but there's a raptor's nest on the walkway around the glass.
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Didn't have to snorkel to see coral. The tide is still low, though rising, this coral is within wading distance of shore.
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The 4 hours or so went way too fast. We're preparing to leave Low Isle now.
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We returned to Port Douglas under sail, which was cool. This catamaran paced us part of the way, but was moving swifter than we were.
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