Tropical Nth Queensland Pt 2

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June 7, 2013 by abaconyoung

Day 4

After an amazing time in Port Douglas it was time to head back to Cairns for the rest of our trip. On our way to Cairns we got the opportunity to stop in at Hartley’s Croc Park, I was so excited for this I haven’t had much to do with crocs and I don’t think you can come up here and not see them. At Hartley’s they have a croc called Ted, 5.8m long and over 900kgs. Almost a Ton!!

This guy has a dangerous job but I’d definitely love to have a go:

We also got to pole feed them, which was pretty exciting. You really see how powerful they are! They can launch the height of their body!!!

There were also other animals there:

I got to hold this little cutie:

The afternoon was spent at the Cairns Cable Water Ski Park. Unfortunately with my knee I didn’t have a go but the boys had a great time, and it was very entertaining to watch!

Reidy:

DAY 5

We were up early and heading out to Green Island off Cairns for the Reef Swim. A 3km and 1.5km ocean swim race. I jumped in the 3km and finished 3rd and the boys did the 1.5km and Corey got 3rd in his age group.

The island was beautiful and after the. Swim we got to have a wander and check it out:

DAY 6

We kicked off the day with the 5km Fun Run. Was a great run with awesome scenery.

First time I have run since my knee injury, it felt really good. I ran with a few young local kids and they were fast! Crossed the line in 11th in 18.06 lots of improvement to be made but happy to be running again!!!
Here is the boys crossing the line, Reidy just piping Corey:

We spent the day in Cairns before heading out to Palm Cove, we were invited out to do some training with the nippers of Cairns SLSC. Great bunch of kids, we had a great time!!!

Now we have only 2 days left on this awesome trip!