Ahh glad ya’s liked it........ I was born in Cairns back in ’71...... I can remember it being a pretty big deal to head into town when I was a kid.....
Earliest memories are catching a cab into town with my Grandmother, I remember the cab was a big new Ford XC and it was the flashest and fastest thing I’d ever seen, I think the cabbie gave it a bit of stick just to show it off a bit......... I remember going to Virginia House on Abbot St for no other reason but to go for a ride up 3 floors in an elevator, haha, only building in Cairns that had one back in the day (from memory).
Our family car was a HD Holden Wagon, the old man’s ute was an EK Holden, on the weekends the old man used to head up to our block at Koah (between Kuranda & Mareeba) we were growing water melons.... us kids would ride in the back of the ute with the dog from Cairns to the “humpy” the old man built up the bush, it was dirt floors, bush wood, corrugated iron and plenty of #8 wire holding it all together. Coming home we’d often be riding on the water melons...... I can remember the ol’ ute wasn’t a real quick beast, as sometimes when we were heading up the Kuranda Range, Sally (the dog) would jump from the ute, go take a pee, then chase after us and jump back in, bloody exciting stuff for a kid.......
All the food prep tables and beds etc, had their legs sitting in Jam Tins half filled with water to stop the ants climbing up the legs..........
Lot’s of good memories............
