Currently we are in Cairns which is in Queensland, along the north eastern coast. It is very hot here - 32 degrees centigrade which I think is in the 90's. Sara, our daughter, has joined us now. I'm afraid there are a lot of things here that freak us out - crocodiles, the deadly box jelly fish, snakes, poisonous spiders, more sharks than usual, etc. I don't consider myself timid with this traveling stuff, but even I am a bit freaked. The resort we are at, in the middle of the rain forest, has a huge net set up along the beach so you can swim, but they said that the box jelly fish are so small that they can get through the netting. Definitely out of my comfort zone.

Tomorrow we will cruise to the Great Barrier Reef (it is an hour out into the ocean and not along the coast as one would think) and spend the day snorkeling. Apparently the dangerous jelly fish do not go out there. I'll let you know tomorrow. Later.