Sept 25 Tuesday. Yes we lost a day. G’day from the land downunder. We arrive in the early morning .We have a short layover until our connecting flight to Cairns Australia. It is now 17 hours out of LA .Although we are still under the spell of a tethering jet lag we couldn’t help but be jolted awake at the lovely sight that was stretching from our plane window out to the picturesque horizon. We arrive in Cairns too early to get into our hotel rooms so they take us on tour north of Cairns in 2 large air-conditioned buses. We needed 2 because of all the luggage. The temperature is 30’ or 87’. Our driver said tourism is overtaking sugarcane. We view Palm Cove and its beautiful beaches. Machans beach with many new resorts going up and many others. At 2pm we claim our hotel room overlooking the ocean in the Tradewinds Esplanade. I walk the town and find fruit bats or flying foxes. There was about 50 of them hanging from a tree. I find spoonbills and pelicans on Esplanade lagoon. It has a great seawall walkway. We watch the boats return from the Great Barrier Reef right from our hotel room. 6:30 we get a deluxe BBQ buffet dinner. Tonight we are asleep before our sheets cover our shoulders.