Cairns Photographs

Cairns at highish tide... water, and pelicans instead of mud. This flock of birds were always sitting in exactly the same part of the beach, facing the direction of the wind. Every day! We were fascinated by their beaks - it looks really odd to see them swallow a big fish. It just doesn't seem to want to fit, but somehow their entire head and neck just expands! Weird!

Green Island - the coral cay we visited. lovely sandy beaches, reef just offshore on the right, and a tropical rainforest in the middle. Shame the only hotel on the island is a bit pricey.

But our room had a nice view too - the photo of the rainbow below was taken from the balcony during a particularly dramatic rainstorm. And if you wander along the beach south into the town centre you come across lots of nice palm trees, swimming areas - complete with lots of stupid tourists baking on their backs in the sun! Turning intereseting shades of reddish pink...

This fish was seen by my Mum - it attached itself to the bottom of her glass-bottomed boat when she visited the reef around Green Island. Gary and I were a bit jealous - we've never seen one! But at least we spotted a nice big sting ray. He he.