Day 18 - Port Douglas to Cairns to Melbourne

Last day of the trip and I think we are all ready to go home.

We drive from Port Douglas back to Cairns and went back to the lagoon and playground downtown. Mel and Julia helped to look after the kids until 12 and then had to leave me with the kids while they went off for their big sky dive adventure. A pretty cool way to end the trip in my opinion. They had tried to do it in Mission Beach but the weather didn't co-operate.

I spent the afternoon with the kids at the lagoon swimming and walking and napping. Mel and Julia returned at around 4 PM and we stuck it out at the lagoon until around 5:30 pm. Then we had a quick dinner at a Red Rooster and headed to the airport.

Our flight left at 8:15 PM and we were back in Melbourne around 11:45 PM. The departure lounge at Cairns was great with lots of shops and restaurants. If we had known it was that nice we would have had dinner there. One of the best we have seen on this trip.

So thats the end of the trip. I will leave it to Mel to comment on the sky diving and to add her take on the trip.