So this is home for the first part of the journey....

  So this is the house that we are sharing for our first month in Australia, in Cairns, Northern Queensland.

We have a room on the first floor and are sharing with a guy from Switzerland, a couple from Columbia, a guy from France, 2 German girls and I'm unsure about the other 2 girls sharing with us. 

          

                    The view from our window, all the windows have shutters annoyingly!

           

         

         

          The back porch and garden area.

        

The Queenslander houses are fascinating architecturally. I have learned that they are built with consideration to the tropical climate of Queensland, the hot weather and heavy rainfall during the wet season. The houses are generally raised off the floor, with some sort of underhouse storage area and a veranda. 

So these are a few of our neighboring houses....

                                             Next doors curious black cat

this window is directly opposite our bedroom window, with its delightfully 1970's curtains always drawn its very intriguing. Whoever is hiding behind these curtains plays the same little tune on the piano each afternoon. 

                           The mountains in the distance at either end of the street

 Dont lean on the banister as you climb the stairs to the apartment as there are huge green ants that march relentlessly, rain or shine (although in the rain they do more huddling in mass groups in a shelter than marching) up and down the wooden banister on the stairs leading up to our apartment. 

so its bye from us for now, laters x 

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