Saturday 13th May

Neither of us have any dreams of bungy jumping but the AJ Hackett Minjin swing sounded simple enough - a bit like the 18m high adventure swing Cathy has been on at the Diabetes Camp in Anglesea. So they strapped us in side by side and winched us up 100ft or more above the rainforest until the ground looked a long way down and people below were very little. The light went green, David pulled the "rip cord" and there was a moment of freefall before the rope tightened and swung us over the roof for a view over the Cairns harbour. Back and forth we swung with Cathy screaming and laughing uncontrollably. As the attendant stopped us over the platform he casually asked if we'd like to do it again and before we knew it, we were being hauled up to scary heights once again, this time with Cathy to pull the cord. It was heaps of fun. The remainder of thse last two days has been spent relaxing around Cairns with a visit to Palm Cove. The windy weather and poor conditions have made a trip to the outer reef seem a bit futile. We have to leave something for coming back again one day!