With rain most of the day we did some food shopping and read the papers. Dinner at Barnacle Bills on the Esplanade.
Sunday 4th
Yesterday evening we drove to the Esplanade a different way and much to our amazement we found the Cairns Queenslander where we stayed with our two girls about 20 years ago. So today we decided to go that way again and park the car and walk the 3 kms to the Esplanade.
Walking around we found that some of the mango trees seemed to have gone and the road has been upgraded with bitumen but from what we can remember most of the buildings near by appear to be the same though a new upmarket hotel has been built a block away.
The Cairns Queenslander
We then walked along the foreshore which has been considerably upgraded to include cycle paths,exercise areas,children's water play parks and the odd mural and memorial etc.
Having reached the lagoon we noticed that after a couple of months of maintenance the work had almost been completed, however I realised that I wasn't going to get my swim there as we had arranged to leave Cairns in the morning, hopefully to find some sunshine and to get away from the drizzle that had now been around for the last 5-6 days. We completed our 6 kms walk back to the car which took us around the marina and the multi-million dollar yachts and the numerous restaurants. The Esplanade Lagoon filling up
The Esplanade foreshore
The Mud flats along the foreshore walk.
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