Day 19 – Tue, 20 Jul to Palm Cove

The morning by the Lake was a cracker – birds chirping, fog on the water, a couple of single scullers gliding across the glassy water, sun rising over the mountains. So the morning was a little slow as we took it all in over breakfast.

We then headed W through Atherton, N to Mareeba and then finally E to Cairns. Rod took his bike to BMW for its service, whilst I rode into Cairns Airport to meet Robyn on her arrival.

Robyn wasn’t expecting me so it was a delightful surprise for her (although she didn’t at first recognise me because she thought I was simply a local Cairns clown -  some form of airport amusement in my scruffy bike attire) and fabulous to see her also.

Robyn headed off on a bus to Palm Cove whilst I rode in to meet Rod at BMW. We had lunch whilst he transferred his gear to the loan F800R with 314km on the dial and he found this ride a tad more powerful then his previous loaner at Longreach – the Wild One was back.

We rode N to Palm Cove where we are now based. A swim in the pool and a walk along the beach sees us winding down in the 30C temperatures.

Rod leaves tomorrow for his return trip to first pickup his bike and then home to Lismore. Robyn and I are taking a holiday on the coast for the next 8 days. So this will be the last blog post until I restart my trip next week.

If you have any questions or suggestions to make about the forward journey then at any time make them in the comments. I’ll try to answer the questions and take on board any suggestions.

Until next week take care and remember I’m enjoying myself in sunny FNQ.