We started the day with another awesome tropical fruit breakfast, this time with perfectly complimenting poached eggs on salmon!
After eating way too much, we took a walk around the remains of the flower farm:
It was really humid! I was struggling!
Struggling Simon is Struggling
Soon after we headed off, todays trip would take us all the way to Cairns. One of the things we wanted to do along the way was a visit to Tjapukai cultural center.
Picture in the entrance and waiting hall
We arrived in time for the morning tours, but several activities were cancelled because of the combination of really hot and humid weather and strong winds. The performers weren’t the only ones struggling, Manja saved this little guy from being stepped on in the entrance way:
The place wasn’t all that well organised, but we still enjoyed it. It started off with a performance supported by digital projections around a whole room – Floor to ceiling. Impressive tech and enthusiastic acting showed the story of the Aborigine dreamtime of the area. After that we were treated to an indoor dance ceremony – indoor because of the heat!
A traditional dance performance later, we were taken on a bush-food tour where I even sampled some ants! I’ve tried a lot of things before, but this was new – these sugar ants were really quite sweet. The tour concluded with some house-made jams using traditional bush ingredients, with tea and scones.
At this point the hot winds had calmed a bit, so the intro-show was re-done on the main stage, which we got to join.
And then there was a spear-throwing demo, after which we could try out the boomerangs… which we did of course!
After some boomerang throwing and souvenir shopping we headed off to check in at our Airbnb, where we were greeted by a not so calm dog, which proceeded to run out onto the street. The owner raced after him at a leisurely pace, obviously used to this scenario.
After he returned, dog in tow, we checked into our room where we were greeted by this little fellow
After a hot day outside we were pretty tired, but we had a kitchen! So we cooked ourselves some pasta which we had to the sound of the frog serenading us, before dropping into bed.
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