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Cairns And Fitzoy Island, Queensland
We arrived in Cairns after a 24hour bus journey which suprisingly wasn't that bad at all. We put our tent up in the dark when we got there!
The next day we explored the town and did lots of sensible stuff like closing our Oz bank accounts now that we are not working anymore and also changed our flights home! The town is really nice with …
sheryl Hi Kate, Just had a look at the pics of you at the Zoo. Thanks for sharing your lovely adventures with us.
re: photo from 12 May 2007Jeff This is "Te Reinga", the leaping off place of spirits. The tree sticking out from the far point (right side) marks the spot where the spirits of Maori dead leap into the sea on their journey to the underworld (actually equivalent to heaven). 'Reinga' means 'leaping'. You believe this? At most Maori funerals even today the body is addressed and instructed to "Go to 'Te Reinga'!" As such this point is possibly the most sacred place in the Maori world. Cheers, Jeff
re: Cape ReingaJeff I insisted that we took this photo so that the shrub behind could be seen! It is a fantastic hibiscus that has pink flowers and white flowers (on the same bush! you can see them in the photo.) Greetings Kate and Andy - it was nice to meet you (again Kate)- I was just sorry that the weather wasn't better! Fish and chips in the car at Piha in the rain was not the way it was supposed to be! Jeff
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