22 September 2010 Cairns

This is the valley we are staying in - and yes these are daytime shots

The old tent!!!! and the old vs the new (I love the new one it's waterproof)

A very wet day in Cairns - well at Lake Placid Caravan Park anyway....

The weather reports kept saying that rain was on its way, so decided to get into Cairns to set up so that we didn't have to do it in too much in the rain. Well so much for the best laid plans... Managed to set up the tent only to find that it was no longer waterproof and we were getting more water in the tent than out!! So off to Rays to buy a new tent.

Manged to get the new tent up in a dry spot and went to put in the mattresses and doona from the trailer only to find that the trailer had also leaked (It wasn't closed properly in the last downpour) so the mattresses and doona and extra clothing was soaking!!! Not happy Jan!!!

Sorted that out and had things hanging everywhere decided to go to Yorkeys Yacht Club for dinner - yum - they had a courtesy bus pick us up and drop us off - made it even better!!!. The next day the weather bureau said that we got double the monthly average in rain yesterday - no wonder were like drowned rats. The weather is getting better slightly - the monsoon downpours are not so constant. We will have dinner with Lee and Johnno tomorrow and watch the footy with them on Saturday - hopefully for Mike's sake Collingwood will win (never thought that I would be saying that!!!!)