Time to Leave Cairns

After tidying our accommodations, we caught the bus to connect to the the airport shuttle. We arrived in Brisbane, collected our car rental and headed to Hervey Bay, arriving at 9:45 p.m.

While flying to Brisbane, we flew over sections of the Great Barrier Reef as well as over Townsville where the rivers in the area are still flooding over their banks.

Since we spent most of our day in transit, today’s blog will be about interesting items.

1. There are 2 major food chains in Australia – Coles and Woolworth aka Woolies. In larger urban areas, you can also find Aldi
2. There are 3 major department stores – K Mart, Target and Myer.
3. There was a community garden across from our accommodation in Cairns. I didn’t recognize any vegetables within the garden like tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, carrots yet I have seen the seeds for these items in the store.
4. Brisbane has had 44 days where the day time high was 30c or higher.