It’s the great escape

Joe Dermody visits Cairns, Brisbane and Port Douglas on an adventure holiday in Tropical North Queensland, Australia

As a novice, you are tightly harnessed to an experienced skydiver who is bolted to your back, without room to squeeze so much as a credit card between the two of you.

THERESA raised her gaze from the floor, then briefly shot me one heavenly glance from her world-weary yet enduringly innocent eyes as she placed her warm hand on my shoulder.