Butterflies

On the way up to Mareeba we stopped off at the Butterfly Sanctuary in Kuranda. Lots of butterflies...

Cairns Birdwing - biggest butterfly in Australia

Cairns near Cairns

On a random spot at the side of the road between Cairns and Pity Douglas, people have erected lots of little piles of rocks.

We stopped and added our contribution...

Lunch with the lorikeets

We went up to the tropical bird (and animal) place with Libby's mum. We had lunch with the lorikeets (amongst other birds) and had fun with other animals.

So much to blog...

OK, so I didn't blog as much as I intended...The problem is we've been doing so much stuff, we haven't had the chance to record it for posterity. Libby's mum was here for a month, so we were out and about quite a bit, and we went away over Easter, then were at the MAF camp a couple of weeks ago.

We are now trying to catch our breath...

Will try to catch up with blogs shortly...

Baptisms

Last Sunday we went up to Mareeba for the baptisms of some MAF kids (it actually ended up being 7 MAF kids and 3 MAF adults, amongst others!) The baptisms were in someone's pool, but their property backed on to the Barron River - so although it was very low and very muddy, most of the kids forsook the pool to go paddle in the mud...

Almost complete rainbow from our patio ☺

Scenery

One of the benefits of living in Cairns is the scenery. Libby's mum had just come to stay, so last evening we went down to the Esplanade for a swim and a barbie. This was a photo that Libby took of the view. The other is a recent sunset from our veranda (photo doesn't do it justice😞).