Thursday, August 28, 2025 (continued)
After lunch, we continued exploring the city of Cairns, following the Esplanade along the beach.
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| Mud flats along the length of Cairns (KSS) |
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Cenotaph (1925-1926) to commemorate
the "diggers"/soldiers of World War I (KSS) |
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One of two guns flanking the Cenotaph;
a 1940 field gun |
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| Muscle Beach? |
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Argiope keyserlingi/St Andrew's Cross Spider.
a type of orb-web spider; these tend to
orient their legs in pairs (KSS) |
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Had to do some maneuvering to get a
view of the top side of the spider,
which is at least 7.6 cm/3" in length |
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The larger waterbirds are Pelecanus conspicillatus/
Australian pelicans (KSS) |
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1956 Olympic Torch Monument
commemorates the Olympic Torch Relay
that began in Cairns and was run in mile
segments to Melbourne; it was the first
Torch Relay in the Southern Hemisphere
and at the time was the longest at
4600 km/2855 miles |
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The journey of the Olympic Torch began
in Olympia, Greece (on left) and was flown
to Cairns for the relay down the East Coast |
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Citizen's Gateway to the Great Barrier Reef (2017,
by Indigenous artist Brian Robinson) |
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Woven Fish (2003, by Brian Robinson) in the
artificial Salt Water Lagoon |
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The Herd (2003, by Hew Chee Fong
& Loretta Noonan) represent wildlife
inspired by the mud flats, as they
move toward the sea (KSS) |
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Aboriginal Dreamtime Story mural
(2006, by a Wiradjuri woman) on the
Doongal Aboriginal Art Centre (KSS) |
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| Fogarty Park Sound Shell (2003) |
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| Burhinus grallarius/Bush Stone Curlew (KSS) |
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Tamiko on the spot where the Official
Founding Party of the Port of Cairns
landed in 1876, now marked by the
recovered anchor of HMS Porpoise (KSS) |
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| Anzac/Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Park (1995) |
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Australian Commonwealth Military
Forces Memorial (KSS) |
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| Royal Australian Navy Memorial (KSS) |
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| Royal Australian Air Force Memorial (KSS) |
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| Australian Women's Forces Memorial |
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Saulal Au Tonar (2010, by Dennis Nona)
celebrates the Turtle Mating season (KSS) |
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| Jack & Newell Building (1893) |
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| Earl Court (1926, as the the National Bank of Australasia) |
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| Boland Centre (1912, by Edward Gregory Waters) |
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Former Adelaide Steamship Company (1910,
in Federation Free Classical style) |
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Hides Corner (1928, by Sydenham Stanley Oxenham
in typical Queenslander style) |
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| Lannoy House (1928-1929) housed a cabaret on the top floor |
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| Qantas Building (1923 as a Chemist) |
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| Siding of a parking garage |
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Cairns City Council (1930, by Hill & Taylor in
Interwar Classical style) is now the City Library |
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Clauson House is an example of traditional
tropical architecture |
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Cairns Art Gallery (1936, by R C Nowland as the Public
Curator's Office) |
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| Cairns Post Office (1908, by Harvey Draper in Art Deco style) |
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| Keebles Building (1926) |
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Old Court House (1919-1922, by Thomas Pye in
simple classic design) is now the Court House Gallery |
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The Court House Gallery's special exhibit was
Occurrent Affair: Justice Now |
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Little Fish are Sweet (2021, by Richard Bell)
refers to police corruption in Queensland (KSS) |
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Part of Little Fish are Sweet, the paper bag
contains Blood Money (2018-ongoing, by
Dr Ryan Presley) is an alternative currency
that re-imagines Australia's banknotes
as a celebration of Aboriginal history (KSS) |
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Bated Breath (2021, by Megan Cope) has
1,300 ceramic bait fish spiraling down to a
mirror of narcissism, a metaphor of the internet |
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Scratch the Surface (2019-2021, by Vernon Ah Kee)
expresses physical and psychological violence
towards Aboriginal people, via police riot shields |
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| An interesting clock at Abbott and Shields Streets |
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| Ramada by Wyndham room |
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| Ramada room |
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| Ramada bathroom |
Next: Great Barrier Reef.
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