Judy and I have made it back from Cairnes to Sydney. My it's smoggy out at the airport! But we made it back to Glebe in record time, in rush hour traffic. And I think it's time for a drink! Actually I've brought back a bottle of hospitality champagne and two bottles of Cooper's dark ale and stout, in my backpack. We kept giggling as we waited for it to start dripping down from the overhead luggage compartment on the plane but it didn't.

The Rainforest Habitat was still a great place to have breakfast, with the birds. And it was fun to feed the roos and wallabies. Brett was shy about feeding the crocs, even with our encouragement.

The Reef was definitely a highlight of our Port Douglas re-visit. Jillions of lovely little fishes and all too busy to pay attention to my frantic attempts to capture them on my new second-hand digital underwater camera; too bright down there, couldn't see a thing in the view screen so most of the time I was shooting blind but it was all in splendid focus. The crew of the Wavelength really know what they're doing and even seem to enjoy the process. We gave them a copy of Roll & Go's CD, pointing out the "Dramamine" song which they are eager to learn.

Now we have to find someone who wants to view 300-400 images of fish!

Judy and I also took a tour up to Cape Tribulation, swam in a rainforest pool, climbed aboard a little electric powered launch and went looking for crocs, and saw lots of beautiful beaches. No sign of Captain Cook and the Endeavor, though, except for an occasional instructional monument.

We did make a major dent in the food supplies of local restaurants in Port Douglas, and the servings were gigantic.

Brett and I did get some quality practice time to refresh our singing. Of course, no one will be at The Loaded Dog. They'll all be at local pubs watching the Rugby Cup Final. We're brushing up on our rugby vocabulary, and our drinking.

I think Judy and I are going to have a quiet evening in Glebe, instead of trying to catch up with the music at the Harp.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble