Disney on Ice

Saturday 20 July

Went to pick Fiona up at 9am.

On the way back we stopped at Burwood Plaza to buy fish and chips for lunch.

Then we got Nathan to drop us off at the arena.  Kaylene and Lily caught the train in.

For once we weren't in the nose bleed section. Seated in Area: FIR, Category: A Reserve Ground level, Section 1, Row E, Seats 1 - 4.

But so many late comers in that section, why can't they be seated before the performance starts.

The usual characters, Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Donald, then we have the Disney princesses.

Frozen featured again, similar to last year and then finally Moana, which is what I wanted to see. Unfortunately, for Moana, her lei got caught in her hair and seemed to distract from her performance.

Fiona had a great time and was singing along.

Cairns Day 8: Thursday 18 July 2019 - Cairns to Sydney

6am Wakeup - toilet then back to bed

8am Wakeup

8:45am Breakfast - sourdough bread with fried egg and avocado

9am Pack stuff. Wash up
Secure JT's box of pineapples. She forgets to pack the choy and other vegies in the fridge.

10am Checkout.

Drive to Cairns Central and park there from 10:19am
Walk shops

11:19am JT and I leave others at the Centre and walk down to lagoon and promenade. 

They go to play arcade games. End up at viet restaurant, Pho Viet - call others to see if they want lunch - they still playing. So we go to library to kill time. Discover they have a jigsaw puzzle there - I start doing the puzzle.

12noon Others arrive and we go to have lunch at Pho Viet.
Beef noodle pho 3 x $12.90 (JT, SL and JC)
Marinated pork with vermicelli $14.90
Viet 'Bun Nem Nuong"with vermicelli $14.90

12:30pm Continue walking - SL buys gelato. I also buy 2 scoops $7 Mango sorbet and chocolate hazelnut $5 MT and $2 KC

Walk to lagoon and then back to library.

Spend rest of the time in the library. 

3:45pm Walk back to Cairns Central. JT pays for parking $12

Exit parking and drive to fill up petrol at Caltex up the road on Sheridan Street.

4:30pm Get to airport and drop them off with luggage before I drive to rental car return.

5pm Change into long pants.

Checkin luggage and obtain boarding pass.

Go through security - get swabbed. 

At departure lounge, find a table, eat KFC and fruits.

5:41pm line up to board the plane

6pm Depart Cairns Domestic Terminal 2 on Virgin Australia 1426

6:40pm Served snacks - Three cheese with guacamole on whole meal sandwich. Cranberry, banana and coconut My Snax, mentos and a no sugar coke. 

Listen to Disney songs on iPhone.

Browse FB and Pinterest using plane wifi

Tried to download Virgin Entertainment app - but took too long

Chatted to ES and others

8:45pm land in Sydney

Arrive Sydney Domestic Terminal 2 8:55pm

Wait to collect baggage. 

9:20pm Head out to Express pickup. LC and NC already waiting for us. JC and SL go with LC and JT, KC and I go with NC

10pm Arrive home. Have fettucine alfredo with 2 chicken drumsticks, before shower and bed

11pm Sleep

Cairns Day 7: Wednesday 17 July 2019 - Waterfall Circuit

Wednesday 17 July 2019

6am Wakeup to use toilet then back to bed.

8am Wakeup
9am Breakfast - mushroom, sausage omelettes

10am Justin drives - head down south.

11am Cathedral fig tree - somehow doesn't look as impressive - Justin needs to pee, so does KC, so they do it off the walk way.

11:50am Malanda Falls. Take pics of the falls then check out the visitor centre - JC and SL try out the VR simulation. Drive to Malanda Dairy Centre, but it looks like it's closed.

12:30pm Milla Milla Falls. Stop here for lunch. Packed sandwiches - ham, cheese, tomato, avocado, salad greens and lettuce. Also packed salami and other cheese. Mandarin, pineapple and melon.

1:50am Zilli Zilli Falls. Walk down rough track, but get to a point where JT and I can't go, so we turn back. Other keep going after they find another track and end up at bottom of the falls.

2:20 Ellinjaa Falls - another short walk to the bottom of the falls.

2:35pm Mungali Dairy Centre - SL buys icecream. I buy Macadamia ice cream and Mango sorbet - share with KC $6.50. JT buys a flat white and devonshire tea. I have the tea, and we share the scones (2)

3:20pm Mungali Falls

4pm Swap drivers - JC getting tired, so I take over.

4:30pm Babinda Boulders - walk down to swimming area - looks like a good place to swim. Then take the path to the Devil's pool and the boulders

5pm Drive back to Cairns

6:20pm back at unit. JC and SL go to Cairns Central to play arcade games.

6:30pm JT and I prep dinner. Instant tom yung gung noodles with lots of choy and lettuce - trying to eat all the greens.

7:30pm Watch MC

8:30pm JC and SL come back with KFC

9:30pm Pack
10pm Sleep

Cairns Day 6: Tuesday 16 July 2019 - Kuranda and NuNu

Tuesday 16 July 2019

7am Wakeup

8.30am Breakfast - ham, tomato, avocado, cucumber, cheese on dark sour dough with cocktail franks

9:45am out the door. Justin driving

10:25am Barron Falls - no rains, only a trickle

11:15am Kuranda Village. Park in 3P street parking. Walk around to original heritage markets, then to new markets.

11:30am Buy candy from the Stillwater candy shop

12noon Look for a place to eat, but it is busy. Looks like a cruise ship is in port, as there are a lot of tourists.  Keep walking and walk down to train station and river and then back up.

Still can't decide so JT suggests seafood place called Preston's

1:30pm Drive to Preston's Seafood, but unfortunately no takeaway (only on Fri, Sat and Sun). JT buys smoked salmon.

2pm Drive to Captain's Seafoods - close to unit, park on street, but this also has no takeaway.
Walk up to the other seafood shop, Ocean World Seafood - they have takeaway. Order 4 Scallywag packs (5 fish cocktails & chips) $8 and a crumbed calimari pack $14. Drive back to unit

3pm Very late lunch and we will be eating again at 5pm, but because we are hungry we eat, chips and more chips.

3:30pm Laze by the pool with KC. Soph and Justin nap inside. JT??

4:30pm Head out to NuNu. I drive. Get to Palm Cove. Look for parking. Get a spot by the beach. Walk to restaurant which is just around the corner from where we park.

5pm NuNu Restaurant - 7 course degustation. These are the prices on the menu, but we only having taster, so probably only a fraction of the meal.
Hand cut chips, vinegar and salt 2 x $9
House pickles 2 x $8
Puffed lemon bread 2 x $9
House cured barramundi, hazelnut, orange, davidson plum & toasted crumbs $17
Melaluca smoked reef fish, peanut and papaya relish, on wild pepper leaf and salmon pearls $7.5
BBQ tiger prawn, rainforest honey, taro, walnut bread and dried grapes $24
Beetroot poached kangaroo, buffalo feta, celeriac & pickled grapes $28

Pineapple and tumeric curry of ginger braised pork, young coconut, thai basil and crackle $45

Gorgonzola and milk infused Wagyu rump cap, alliums, bacon broth and bitter greens $48

Coffee cream, chocolate crumb, Daintree vanilla ash, orange and hazelnuts $18

Rainforest honeycomb, yogurt marshmallow, lemon semolina cake and milk jam ice cream $18

8pm Full as googs. JT pays the bill. $129pp plus 3 cocktails. KC finds a seed (tamarind) in her meal and gets a free cocktail.

8:30pm Walk along beach until there is no more path and then back to car. Justin drives back, since I have had a cocktail.

9pm back at unit.

10pm Sleep