Tablelands

Yesterday, I took a full-day tour of the Tablelands. This includes a lot of rainforest, sugarcane farms, dairies, a waterfall, a lake (in a volcano cone), and a crazy Spaniard’s castle.

The group was rather unsociable. There was a family of four from Northern England who communicated to each in an unintelligible mumble, two Australian sisters who refused to eat anything but toast at lunch (when lasagna, quiche, and some Greek vegetarian dish were available), and two Japanese girls who kept to themselves and giggled a lot.

There are a lot of Japanese tourists in Cairns. This is not surprising when there are direct flights to Cairns from three of Japan’s largest cities. Japanese tour guides and dive instructors are readily available.

I have sunburn on the backs of my ankles, from snorkelling. When I applied my sunblock, I was wearing socks, so I missed my ankles. The boat provided full-body wetsuits for swimming, but the ankles were not covered.

Tonight, I fly to Darwin. In Darwin, I will have a 4wd camper to tour around. It will be very, very hot and very, very humid!