{"id":248,"date":"2014-06-16T22:00:17","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/?p=248"},"modified":"2014-06-17T08:23:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T22:23:21","slug":"arrival-at-the-reef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/?p=248","title":{"rendered":"Arrival at the Reef"},"content":{"rendered":"

The alarm went off at 4:45 am and admitted it was not easy getting our carcasses out of bed. \u00a0But anticipation of an adventure motivated us to make our way to the shower for a quick wake-up and then off to the airport. The 3 hour flight up to Cairns was smooth sailing with limited view as there was many clouds. \u00a0After a warm greeting from a friend we haven’t seen in 13 years and his beautiful wife and son we’ve never met, we were off for a drive, lunch and some grocery shopping. \u00a0We perused the aisles at Woolies (Woolworths to be exact – and it’s a grocery store here; not like the department store from our younger \"photo\"<\/a>days), and decided on a nice selection of groceries….fruit, veggies, cereal, water,\u00a0kangaroo meat & Vegi-mite! \u00a0Jamie was going to go for the kanga burgers but opted or the kanga steaks… the very dark lean meat which turned out to be delish! (I wonder if I can buy it canned to bring home – kind of like when I brought home canned gater meat from one of our adventures).<\/p>\n

It was a fabulous evening of ‘catching up’ with our friends, Jason and Kim, and hearing stories of their life as missionary pilots on a secluded island in the Northern Territories.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow it’s a drive farther north to Port Douglas to take in the awesome view of the reef and the Coral Sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The alarm went off at 4:45 am and admitted it was not easy getting our carcasses out of bed. \u00a0But anticipation of an adventure motivated us to make our way to the shower for a quick wake-up and then off to the airport. The 3 hour flight up to Cairns was smooth sailing with limited … <\/p>\n

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