May 30, 2014 The Great Divide

While Jim and Tina remain in paradise having drinks delivered to them poolside, it is time for Krimhilde and Clyde to depart and attend to other business. This trip began, as usual, over a glass, no bottles, of wine when the topic came up, "Where are we going this year?". "Just so happens", says I, "I am going as President Elect of my Rotary Club to the International Convention in Sydney, Australia. How about that? And, since it is so far and just a plane ride away, how ‘bout we throw in New Zealand too?. There it was and here we are. And what an adventure it has been. But now it is time for us to head to the convention and leave our travel buddies in Paradise.
We are on an island and obviously we have to get off the island so obviously we call a taxi, right? We did and the Dunk Island Water Taxi pulled right up to the beach to pick us up equipped with a portable dock that drops into the water and we walk on board. 20 minutes later we pull up to the, um, beach. No dock, portable or otherwise. Lovely Nancy, owner along with her husband Fozzy who captains the taxi, wades out and says, "Hi, welcome to Mission Beach", and makes it plain we should walk down the ladder into the thigh-high surf and wade to shore. "How about the luggage" we say. "We will get that, just walk to the office and we will get you some coffee". So, while I was most proud I did not crash into the surf and wash out to sea, lovely Nancy throws our 50 pound suitcases over her shoulder and walks to her 4 wheel drive to deliver our stuff to the office. Such a great couple and we visit until our land taxi arrives to deliver us to the Cairns Airport for a plane back to Sydney.

We arrive late in Sydney after our flight was cancelled and we were sent to another airline that allows only 4 inches between seats. We were worn out.

CUT.....

Tina here...we are so sad to see Krim and Clyde leave, but we must uphold the spirit of our 2nd Hot, High and Tipsy Trip, having fun! So...putting our efforts together, Jim and I dug in and well, made it happen!

Did our first "selfie"....

Found some wine, made fast freinds with the Vickie and Garry (the new folks who moved into Krim and Clyde's place). And...well, partied like it was 1999!

OOPS, the next morning was a tough one.

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