⚠️ Spoiler alert. Lots of photos of grandchildren. ⚠️

We hadn’t seen Kyran, Vanessa, Tommy and Joey since Nhulunbuy and we were looking forward to catching up with them. They had booked a holiday in Cairns for about ten days, seven of them with Vanessa’s parents visiting from Melbourne. We didn’t want to intrude on their time with Terri and Bob but, since we would be in Queensland anyway, there was no way I was going to miss a chance on seeing our grandchildren again. We organised to meet them for the weekend before Vanessa’s mum and dad arrived. Vanessa had booked a hotel on the Esplanade while we booked into First City Caravilla Park just ten minutes away.

We had a wonderful couple of days with them, taking Tommy to IPlay, Muddy’s Water Park and the Lagoon. We met up with friends of theirs too and enjoyed lunch at the Hemingway Brewery followed by cocktails at Wolf Lane Gin Distillery.

John and I had spent some time in Cairns while having our car and caravan fixed but it was completely different being here with family. And the weather was glorious. We were very sad to leave them, particularly Tommy who was turning six a few days later, and Joey who, at eight months, is always happy. But it was time for us to hit the road and for them to get on with their holiday. It was a bonus having this extra time together.