Cairns

Next day was a sightseeing packed day. We headed out to a really high waterfall called Baron falls. Then John and Julia popped us on a gondola which headed out over the rainforest. We got to see a Ulysses butterfly flying below us because it was so bright that it stood out miles on the trees. We also traveled over the falls we looked at earlier in the day. As we were traveling we noticed that on one side of the hills the sounds of the forest where overwhelming and the other side it was quiet. There were two stops along the way to get off and see more of the forest and learn a bit about what the aborigines used the particular trees for like fishing by poisoning the fish and building tent like huts out of the various trees that were still there. Then finally we got an overview of all of Cairns as we came down from the rainforest. Later we got lunch with their daughter and grandson, Renee and Jacob. Then we all did a little shopping before getting fish and chips and heading to the beach we went to on the first day. We could see it this time as it wasn't pitch black. Finally we got back to the house exhausted. Before heading to bed Brian had organised a Skype call between Millie and Kay (Brian's grandmother). The rest of us had a good time too talking to Brian's family.