Our Big Break: Cairns - Our Boat Arrives

After a few days in Palm Cove we spent a few nights in Cairns waiting for our boat to arrive. We did a few things:

The Kuranda train into the hinterland. Very touristy place! We took our walking shoes and walked the 14km through the rainforest back to civilisation to catch the bus back to Cairns. Found an awesome pub somewhere out the back of Cairns for dinner and another few XXXX's before catching the bus back to Cairns
Our boat arrived a few days ago- She was missing some cleats where the truck driver had pulled down too hard to tie her down and snapped the bolts. The guys from Chaparral (Dani and Scott) and National Marine Services (Troy) are sourcing some new ones- Thanks guys!
We spent a few days on the Cairns Marina cleaning and waxing our boat and getting organised to head out into The Great Barrier Reef!

Over the past 18 months we have really struggled to come up with a good name for our boat that suits how beautiful she is. When calling for a marina birth in Cairns, they asked us her name, so at present she's known as "The Three Ten'. She's a beautiful Chaparral 310 Cruiser, so that's the best name we can think of at the moment.

After a few days cleaning, we motored out to Fitzroy Island, she ran beautifully after getting her service back in Sydney. This is our second night here. Was a bit rough last night, so hopefully a bit calmer tonight. We kayaked around Fitzroy Island this morning, was very windy and rough around the other side of the island, so rough that we didn't even stop to take any photos, it took all our energy and concentration to keep our kayaks upright!.

Our beautiful boat (Chaparral 310) arrives, ready for the water