D is for Dawdle

Today was my first day in Cairns. Woke up at 7am with the sun streaming through my window. 

Everyone has been telling me it's cool today as the sweat drips off my face (it got up to over 30°C today) so I have been trying to learn to dawdle. You know it's hot when walking into your 24°C apartment room feels blissfully cool. 

Breakfast was waffle and fresh fruit.

Then a stroll along to the harbour. 

Lots of common birds and interesting plants. 

I visited the art Gallery - some poignant collections of indigenous art. I went a bought yummy selection of fruit from Rusty's Market and had a coconut stuffed with grated coconut, fresh fruit, topped with coconut yogurt. 

In the afternoon I hopped on a bus to go to the Botanical Gardens. A single trip cost 50¢ (the flat rate equivalent to 26 pence), the same length journey in Bristol costs me £2.60. 

The most striking thing today I was particularly struck by this banyan or strangler fig tree in the middle of the road. These are common, there are trees all around Cairns. It felt like a little bit of what had gone before [Cairns]. 

Maybe tomorrow I'll remember how to integrate the pictures and text better...?!