Cairns, June 10-14

We stayed at a very peaceful BIG 4 at Redlynch, a few kms outside of Cairns. It didn’t have much for the kids but the mountains around us were very nice. Cairns was a bit of an admin stop, time to catch up with post, get the car serviced and so on.
The girls enjoyed jumping and sliding down a jumping castle at the Esplanade while I had a look at the markets.

The butterfly sanctuary at Kuranda was a highlight for the girls, we spent a few hours there as it was very enjoyable to see all those beautiful colorful butterflies flying around us.

The day we checked out of the caravan park we stopped at the Crystal cascades. Although the walk was 2.4kms return, the girls walked very well.
On our way to the next spot we drove past Palm Cove, a trendy and upmarket place north of Cairns. This could be a great spot to escape Sydney winter.