Our first holiday post-covid.

We woke to an alarm this morning, although Kaoru was already up. After a shower and banana to keep me going, we ordered an Uber to take us to the airport.

We went in to the Qantas Lounge, using our passes (we both had some in our accounts, and thought this is the best time to use them). Unfortunately the breakfast in the lounge isn’t like it used to be, but we made do.

We boarded our flight to Brisbane. I watched a movie on the way. Once there, because of the recent Covid case in Melbourne, we had to basically tell somebody (nothing to sign) that we hadn’t been to any of the infected areas. Pretty pointless exercise, and wasted our < 30 minute stopover so we couldn’t get something decent to eat for lunch. We boarded our next flight – to Cairns.

The flight was over the water so we had beautiful views of the reef as we got closer. Eventually landed and our bags were available very quickly. Went outside in the heat. There was a long line for the taxi rank, but no taxis, so Kaoru waited and I went and got changed into shorts.

We checked in to our hotel, and then I was straight in to the pool for a swim!

After getting dried, we explored Cairns a bit, grabbing a bit of food while we were out. There is no beach, per se, so it’s not a “pretty” town. But it was nice and warm.

Back at the hotel we packed our bags for our next adventure, in preparation for checkout, as it would be an early start. We then walked back in to the night market for a massage, and some dinner. Then back to home and we went to bed. It had been a long day, even though we hadn’t really done a lot.