Day 53 - Esplanade - Cairns

Today was washing day.  5 lots of sheets, 5 bath towels, 5 beach towels and all the relevant clothes to go with each body which equates to 5 washing machines at $4 a pop!!!!  The great thing about washing on the holidays however, is the whole family helps!!!!  Clothes hanging with Dad can be quite an experience and I do have to laugh at the reports I get when they all return from the line, and even more so when I go to get the clothes off the line!!!!  I never knew you could fit 5 pairs of knickers on one peg!!!!

Anyway, we decided to take a drive down to the Esplanade today, as we have heard Cairns has a fantastic water front. We picked a great day for it as, it was all happening down there today.  A band playing, the local markets and all the eateries were just buzzing.  The kids and Glen had a great swim while I perused the markets.  I just love exploring all the locally made products and boy do the markets bring out some weird and wonderful characters!!!!
We watched a local band for a while and Cody and Shannae had a ball on one of those bouncy castles with the big slides.  Then the whole family got tattoos, glitter of course.....except for Dad, he was way too cool for glitter!!!

We got home in time to watch the Eagles, which was a bit sad, but hey.....what can I say????!!!  Again, the kids hit the water park and that night, an open air movie at the caravan park.  I don't think we are going to be ready to leave Cairns in two days!!!!