We first had 7 hours trip to Rockhampton and stayed over night. Took another 8 hours trip to Townsville the following day. Stayed at Jupiters Townsville which is a great hotel considering that it's old and currently undergoing renovations. We had a refreshing Marina View. We decided to sleep in to further enjoy the hotel. It's beautiful in Townsville with the beach, mountain view and great sights along the Strand!
Then we took a 4 hour trip to Cairns. It has a different personality too with rain forests, cute town which is geared around tourist business. Woolworths supermarket has a souvenir section!
We initially stayed at the Rydges Esplanade Resort where we had a very unpleasant experience. Smelly room, old bed (not the famous Dream Bed!) noisy aircon, super slow lift and list goes on. We moved to Rydges Plaza Cairns after two days which is a far better place - yup they got the Dream Bed! Felt like sleeping beauty, Sonny has to kick me off my butt to get out of bed!
Anyway, the main reason why we took this trip is for Sonny to see some special people in his life and old friends whom he had not seen for the past 20 yrs. I haven't seen Sonny so restless and nervous to face his past. It was a very important step for him to heal emotionally from his past.
We had fun seeing all of them and enjoy Cairns with them!!!
More pics to follow....
