We slept in. Well, we slept in until 8 which was glorious. I picked up a croissant, an Acai bowl (thank you Meg Dawson for introducing me to them) and some fancy coffee while Damian showered, and we spent a relaxing morning resting and packing in the room. Cozie Homes was kind enough to give us a late check out at noon – so we were able to take our time. Damian finally got a nap and I got to catch up on my journal.
At noon we took our bags and walked over to Anna & Mark's hotel for lunch. We were able to store the bags at the front desk, so after grabbing a bite poolside we walked over to the Cairns Aquarium. It was BEAUTIFUL! Really focused on the Great Barrier Reef and the diverse animal life with lots of interactive displays. Plenty of places to just sit and watch the fish or sharks or turtles. Definitely could have spent an entire day just sitting and enjoying the animals. We were also able to identify alot of the fish and anemone we saw on our dives in the tanks.
Took a taxi to the airport and grabbed our flight to Brisbane - the flight was delayed, and boarding was absolute chaos when they finally did let us on the airplane. In Brisbane, the bags took forty-five minutes to arrive - the monitors kept changing where they were going to be and there were literally people from four or five flights standing around with the same confused look on their faces. I started getting claustrophobic, so I stuck with our carry-on bags and Damian went in search of the luggage, finding them on the wrong carousel and injuring his foot pulling mine off the carousel.
Anna and Mark found their bags as well and I suggested we just jump in a taxi rather than try and navigate the airtrain, which we did. It was pricey (about $80AUD or $50USD), but I was frazzled, and Damian was hurting. We got to the hotel, and Damian and I went straight to sleep while Anna and Mark went out in search of a 24-hour pancake house. (Carpe Diem, you crazy kids!)
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