Wind   NE  10 – 15   Sunny

Only one crab worth keeping today, so we put it in the cool box until we caught more. We rode with Morgan to Sheriden St up behind the hospital to pick up a hire car for the day. Not a bad price $79 all up which includes insurance with only a $300 excess. John left his bike there while Morgs and I rode back to the marina to get a few things.

We drove up the Kennedy highway to Kuranda and along the range to Herberton. The countryside was dry and crusty between Kuranda and Atherton and a vast difference from the rainforested slopes below.

Sue who visited Ovive on Saturday lives on her property just outside Herberton where she has a small herd of gentle droughtmasters and a fantastic orchard.

She gave us a tour of the place which we  looked at all the improvements she has made since our last visit in 2007. We enjoyed a peaceful lunch on the verandah with Morgan playing with her three dogs.

After gathering armfuls of freshly picked lemons, grapefruits, custard apples and a bowl of mulberries we departed and headed back down the range. Not far from Sues a cassowary dived across the road in front of us. It was my first cassowary sighting so I was very excited. He stopped in the trees beside the road so we were able to back up and get a reasonable photo of him.

Back in Cairns we stocked up at Dan Murphys for the all essential alcohol and grabbed Chinese for dinner.