Iron Bar Port Douglas

It's amazing what the thought of crocodiles can do. Apparently it can get you out of bed early enough to get to the airport for a peak-hour flight, have your bags properly packed (as opposed to our experience going to the Barossa) and not making strange postal orders at the airport! What a success!

Clearing through …

... the only woman ever hung in the state-her and her lover supposedly killed her husband but the evidence was based on local gossip.  Port Douglas seems to be a famous place for a lot of things as it's the place where the two divers got left behind on ...

... - luck wasn't with us as there wasn't any coffee that day so we had to wait for the bus frozen cold.  Bierget left port Douglas and I caught up with Alan, Simon and Allan fishing on the pier - what an amazing view and fishing never seemed so ...

... the northern end of the reef, which was a 3 hour plane ride to Cairns.  We then drove an hour to a lovely town called Port Douglas.  I won't bore you with a lot of words; the pictures do sum it up, but here are the highlights: - We met the ...

... of tourists. We couldn't be more thrilled that we made the decision to head further north before diving. Don't get me wrong, Port Douglas is still a tourist hub, but it's a different type of tourist. While Cairns was filled with hormone driven teenagers ...

... insight to the naming of places and islands and he also stopped at one point so we could take photos. As we arrived in Port Douglas, he firstly took us on a quick drive around the small town to orientate us which I thought was great, before dropping ...

Have had 3 days here in Port Douglas & it's been fun & very relaxing. The weather's been a little bit better here so have managed to lie out on 4 mile beach & sunbathe a little bit. Sun keeps interspersing with cloud though...............Bex ...

... last time I went in. No more hanging around various tarps. No more Nicky G's! And come to think of it, no more Gone Bananas, Iron Bar, Sassi, Cactus. But I'll have more money because of those last few. There are a lot more no mores and the ones ...

... Bar and Grill, was pretty nice too, then back to the Iron Bar, because a lady in a shop said the Iron Bar is the best bar in Port Douglas.That made my day!                   ...

... place at the Iron bar on Macrossan st (as you probably have deduced by now there is basically only one street in Port Douglas). This had been recommended by John Thurgood and a great recommendation it was too. Seemingly there's millions of Cane Toads ...

... really knowing what to expect for a big night out but we had the best night. We started off at the Iron bar where we met a bunch of Port Douglas locals that are actually pretty hard to come across. We played pool and hung out until 12:00am when the ...