Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Report #47 Cairns, Australia February 16, 2016 Tuesday Partly cloudy & hot, hot, hotter Part #2 of 3 80 Pictures


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Subject:  Report  #47   Cairns, Australia   February 16, 2016   Tuesday   Partly cloudy & hot, hot, hotter    Part  #2 of 3     80 Pictures

Report # 47   Cairns, Australia   February 16, 2016   Tuesday   Partly cloudy & hot, hot, hotter   Part # 2 of 3  80 Pictures

 

The pictures continue……….

 

 

 

Lots of $$ in this marina

 

Tour boats

 

Walking back to the ship

 

Beautiful landscaping

 

Sailboats

 

Great name

 

Our ship was docked very close by

 

The Marino Paradiso Restaurant

 

Good pizza is served here

 

The diners come out later in the day

 

A cool spot to dine

 

Ice cold beer, please

 

Trying one of each

 

Margherita pizza – thin, crispy crust

 

A wedding couple

 

Wooden walkway of the marina

 

More casual dining

 

Tropical trees

 

Beautiful day for a reef trip

 

The waters were calm

 

Waterfront art

 

Fish identification Station

 

Old pier must have been here

 

Typical catch in these waters

 

Going back to the dock

 

Landscaped all the way

 

Wharf One Cafe

 

Turtle sculptures

 

Seating outside the terminal

 

Common mynah

 

Pacific Princess

 

Hides Corner in Cairns

 

Fruit bats

 

Hanging out

 

Its head is under the light patch of fur

 

How can that be comfortable?

 

What a face

 

Seeing the world upside down

 

Batman

 

Batgirl?

 

I'm watching you

 

Australian pelican

 

Shore bird

 

Low tide

 

Masked lapwing

 

Whimbrel

 

Helicopter

 

Hunting for food

 

Whimbrel

 

A smaller shore bird

 

A flock of birds

 

In freshwater

 

Safety in numbers

 

Whimbrel

 

A smaller version

 

A heron

 

Heron in flight

 

Heron

 

Flying over the mudflats

 

Many hunters

 

Blue heron

 

Crocodile warning – on the beach?

 

Pied oystercatcher

 

Whimbrel

 

Masked lapwing

 

Pied oystercatcher

 

Magpie lark

 

Dove

 

Silver gull

 

A mix of water birds

 

Whimbrel in flight

 

Again, safety in numbers

 

A flock

 

Waiting for the tide to come in

 

Masked lapwing

 

A pair of lapwings

 

Hunting

 

Muddy flats

 

Australian pelicans