Fitzroy - Not the Lions

 We have made it across to Fitzroy Island this morning and along the way we passed Green Island. It was 46 yar ago that we spent the day there then came back to Cairns. This time we have three nights on Fitzroy Island and we have brought our own snorkel gear again. The package here includes breakfast, as well as some boat trips and the room turns out to be a full suite with kitchen again but we have not brought anything to cook.  Everything is pricey, eg drinks $10 each.  The Foxy's bar food is a bit ordinary so we have booked the restuarant for all three nights.

Cairns on the way out

Fitzroy on the way in

Cairns Hilton

 I picked this hotel as it is nearby the ferry terminal for tomorrow morning. It has been a long day and we are tired enough and there is always the flu bugs to deal with.  Right now it is 24° at 6:00pm.  We are going to wander along the boardwalk to see if there is an eatery that might suit.  The main Flying Fish pool is all closed off for a renovation. No phasement.  The Hilton gave us an upgrade to a huge room however we are here for one night only.

Make yourself at home

Airport déja vu

You have to get the no phasement ideology going early on trips.  It wasn't long ago that I was waiting here in the same spot due to airport issues.  The taxi ride was good but $75 seemed a bit steep. Our plane is delayed and so far they are not saying by how long. So we just wait.  They did send an email yesterday saying that we had been upgraded to a brand new state of the art plane. If this is the maiden flight maybe its having trouble starting. Otherwise we will just have to have more Krispy Kremes.  Years ago the airport was the only place to get these doughnuts. I can remember Daniel asking that we bring a dozen of them back with us.

Bike Track revisited

I rode across to the Williamstown Beach. It is 2km from our apartment to get to the cafe at the Western end via the bike path.  That cafe is a favourite haunt when we rode along here years ago and was still doing a roaring trade today.  I turned back at the beach half way point and headed into the wind and went as far as the old fishing fleet village. I think these were the last commercial fishers on the Bay.  The ride was about 9km in 30min with a stiff westerly. The wind is really meant to blow tonight.

Sip Sip Cino

Old fishing town

Paddle Pool

Asher Cino Queen

 Debbie has had the bug extension eg it is taking longer to get rid of.  I did the running around this morning delivering the food parcels to Nana Beryl who is looking her age. The physio lady was there getting her to go thru her paces, ever so slowly. Pam was surpervising the whole operation.  My next stop was across to Asher's house where we owe them some cash for the recent Williamstown upgrade. Asher was keen for some games and her mum who was not feeling great herself and was happy for me to take over for an hour so. We also had the morning coffee with pretend biscuits.  Having got back to Willie just now there is a conference call going on with home services Victoria with a view to locating permanent care for Nana Beryl.  Aged Care services in Victoria seem to be lacking. Don't ever get old.

Local Pizzeria for last night's dinner

Babycino

Outage

We are having a planned power outage here and it is a good thing the car was out of the garage when the power went out.  It was out on an errand not that we had thought of it.  I went for a beach walk and was not going to collect any rubbish however a shopping bag had washed up so if the bag fits then cleanup.  I had to get the tethering going on my phone via mobile hotspot to get this blog post happening and I could not find where the password was. Debbie found it in 2 seconds. I spent ages looking. We may wait for the power to come back, as loading the car thru the front door of the house will be tricky. The beach had a lot of jellies washed up and the ugliest fish I have seen yet.

Don't step on those spikes

Packing x 2

Part of the Williamstown strategy is not just being closer to family but also closer to the airport. I read that Avalon is suffering from covid shutdowns after it was going well but the emphasis is on Tulla again.  So now we don't have to travel as far from Williamstown and there is no booking for the expensive car park or paying for local hotels.  So we are packing for two parts. There is still the Williamstown setup happening with a car load for that as well as two large suitcases for QLD.  I have recorded my weight this morning, as next Friday I wont have a weigher. This has been on going for 7 months so I guess I can keep going a bit longer.

PS There are only three lemons left from this giveaway batch so maybe there were four or five customers.