June 20th-
We slept in this morning until about 8am. Mom, Uncle Bruce, and I strolled the beach a bit and enjoyed the morning air. We took some pictures and we were on the road! This was the last day of our 3 day travel before getting to Cairnes. We plan on meeting up with Fiona, my father's cousin, once we get to Cairnes. She works there at a local language school. I have not seen my 2nd cousin in 25 years, hard to believe. I vaguely remember her coming to visit in 1983. She is a little bit older than me, but younger than my father, so I was sure we would hit it off!!
As for the drive, not a lot to report for this day. Only miles and miles of sugar cane. I have never seen so much sugar in my life! There were other crops, like banana and mango as well. The land is much more lush up here. We are nearing the northeastern part of Australia where the rain forests are located. The Great Barrier Reef is up here too.
Just outside of Cairnes, we stopped to give Fiona a call. As we were stopped, hundreds and hundreds of bats flew overhead! They were flying from the mountains to feed on the mango and insects. This occurred just as the sun was setting. Wow!! It was really weird! They covered the sky. I'm not kidding, they COVERED the sky, in ALL directions. I tried to get a picture, but it was too difficult.
We arrived in Cairnes about 8pm. It was so awesome to see Fiona after all these years. I think we stood outside her flat hugging and talking for 15 minutes. We finally made it inside and got settled. We hung out and talked for a few hours and got some Tia food. It was really nice. We hit it off immediately, just as I had suspected. We went to bed around 1am.
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