22.2.2011 Sydney to Cairns with early bird flight

Weather: 31°C and humid, sunny

this was the 1st glass, still sober

Cairns Hafen/port

The advantage of travelling early or late is to have a whole day at your disposal. But the downside is the missing rest time (some of us have not fully adjusted yet).

The Sikh taxi driver had problems to find our hotel and we had difficulties to understand him. But in the end we got there. One block off the Esplanade.

Had a good walk around the block in the heat. Feels like Texas or South Carolina in summer, we felt at home immediately.

Tonite we have had a quiet dinner with some white NZL wine. Have been told to drink white NZL wine and red AUS wine.

Cairns est une petite ville au niveau des "Great Barrier Reef". Pendant le cyclone "Yani" the ville a été protégé par le reef et par le fait que le centre du cyclone passais au sud de la ville. Un cyclone tourne contre sence et la plus grande force est au sud du centre.

Während der grossen Niederschlagsperiode (Ueberschwemmungen in Rockhampton und Brisbane) war Cairns nicht betroffen. Die Tablelands im Hinterland haben die Flüsse, welche Richtung Süden fliessen gefüllt und Probleme im Süden hervorgerufen.