Port Douglas

Cape Tribulation is one of the oldest rainforests in the world. It was named by Captain Cook in 1770 after he crashed his boat there. It has lots of wildlife there including snakes and the endangered cassowary. Cassowaries are a giant colourful, flightless bird a bit like an ostrich that eats fruit from the trees and poo the seeds out whole so if …

We had more beautiful weather in Cairns today. It makes me excited to be home where it's summer time. Our bus showed up and our tour guide named Pete jumped out. We were a little behind schedule but Meg, Olivia, and I were soon on our way north to the Daintree Rainforest via Cape Tribulation Connections. The bus was big enough for maybe twenty …

... bill. Despite my complaints about the size of the bill, the owner refuses to budge claiming that ISDN line charges are high in Port Douglas. This rather takes the gloss off an otherwise enjoyable stay. We go over the road to The Beach Shack for Sunday ...

Michael's sister Rachael and her boyfriend Nunz, aswell as our mates Troy and Jean all preceeded our visit to Port Douglas by holidaying there so we had plenty of advice ahead of our trip north. It's a lovely little town. ...

... drive itself took us straight up the coast and there were some magnificent views of the beaches and the ocean. When we arrived in Port Douglas we took a walk round town first. The place is like a little toytown theme park. It somehow doesn't seem real. ...

... as its closer to all the tours (Great Barrier Reef and Daintree) and will save you an hour a day on transit, plus Port Douglas is a nice town. 2. Seasons here due matter. The Wet season from January-March is greener and has more animals about in the ...

This morning we headed off on the short journey to Ellis Beach. On the way we stopped off at Palm Cove. This is a beautiful beachside village that seems to have a really slow pace of life. We parked up and had a walk down the beach - slowly of course - ...

... since Sunday night!! But I knew I had to fight it, can't bugger up my body clock.....so off the beach we went!!!! Port Douglas itself is a gorgeous little town, a proper little holiday spot right next to 4 Mile Beach. Our apartments were gorgeous too, ...

... (the place with the rum). I've been out on 3 different boats to the barrier reef in the Whitsundays, Cairns and now Port Douglas. All the trips were disappointing in one way or another. Whitsunday was because I didn't go diving because it was too ...

... . Nice room but no view. For 30$ more, you have the view too. Good value for money. http://www.archipelago.com.au/ Port Douglas is very pleasant. It has less than a 1000 residents but sometimes 4 times as much tourists. The main street is 4 miles ...

... 'must-sees' and instead just to relax. Dougies Backpackers, where we're staying, doubles up as the busiest bar in Port Douglas as well as offering the accommodation. This helps laziness set in and again we spent the evening just drinking and ...

... a few bottles of red wine and a good couple of hours before we all fell into bed. Day 131 - Port Douglas Pies are going to be my downfall in Australia and after consuming more than is usual or healthy, whatever weight I lost in Asia has soon been ...