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Port Douglas Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Port Douglas, Australia
Further North for sunshine????
... after almost missing the bus as it was so late coming and I just couldn't wait for food any longer, we finally made it to Port Douglas. We stayed at the YHA and hoped beyond hope that the clouds would clear and give us some sun. Not only did they not ...
Always something happening it seems.......
... After dinner, we set out to find Tony & Margaret Pangrazzio (Bernadette Mills' sister) who were enjoying their last evening in Port Douglas. We tracked them down at the restaurant and enjoyed a couple of drinks with them. ...
Loving Port Douglas
... and Sailaway for $220 each , a saving of $75 each so we opted for this and extended our stay by another day at Port Douglas. Once this was sorted we went off to Mossman Gorge and did the little 2k walk, once again we were sweating like pigs and ...
Still in Port Douglas
... then some of them going back out on sunset tours although clouds have rolled in again, so there won't be any sunset to see tonight. Tomorrow morning we sadly leave lovely Port Douglas - we certainly have enjoyed our 7 days here. ...
Alone at last!!!
You'd all be well impressed ....we had to move apartments today, I was up, washed,dressed, fed, moved apartments , and on the beach by 9.30 (don’t worry it won’t last) Ian has booked his seat on the shuttle back to Cairns and he’s ...
Cassowaries, sunbirds and deliverance ferries...
A day of Daintree adventures today! Yet another late start with us not stepping out the door until around 10am. Believe it or not we did actually get up fairly early but then time was eaten up by FB updates. Bloody technology, bah. On the way ...
KM 3850
... day. I think, it pains me to say this, that we will have to cut through the centre and leave Western Australia for another time. Port Douglas is the gateway to the Daintree Tropical Forrest. Very lush and a very popular tourist destination. The ...
Daintree Adventure
Today we're off on our Daintree Rain Forest adventure that Ian has booked for us, we’re being picked up at 7.30, so it’s yet another early start!!!! There are only 8 of us on the trip plus Lloyd our driver and guide for the day. Our ...
Day 10 - Port Douglas - Queensland
... tackling road blocks for a cycle/run marathon. Jayde and myself headed off around 9am down 4 Mile Beach toward the tip of Port Douglas took around 45 mins to check out the Sunday markets and oh yea to shop. William joined us around 12 noon at ...
Carnival
... , drawing thousands of people to watch and take part in. The parade consisted of different businesses and clubs in Port Douglas, coming up with their own display, and at the end was a fire works display! This was ...
Relaxing in Port Douglas
Today was a very relaxing day. After all the excitement from the full day of diving, I wanted to have a slow day to recover. I rented a bike and went for a ride down to the south end of Four Mile Beach. The bike rental guy said that it would ...
A little bit itchy.....
... and factory and sampled (and bought) some of the nicest tea I've ever tasted. Today we have driven to Port Douglas and taken a little wander around the lovely little seaside town. Tomorrow we are going to Daintree to do a river ...
Paradise once again....
We have arrived in Paradise aka The Sheraton hotel at Port Douglas. We caught the 20 seater bus from Cairns at 7am directly to the entrance of our 5* hotel! Woo hoo!! Drive along the coastal road with the ocean views was lovely and an hour later we ...
Up Up and away!!
... I'm staying in until tomorrow, and have loaded both some photos of that & the balloony ride too. Today I'm going to explore Port Douglas which is the nearest town, maybe have a stubby or 2 and then a early night because tomorrow I'm off to ...
Roadtrip... Watch out for the roo's...
... creatures inside alive for a long time. People swim in the water and enjoy exploring the rainforest. Our evening stop was Port Douglas. A resorty, tourist place that we definitely wish our budget allowed for a longer stay at! We witnessed an outdoor ...
Port Douglas and far north queensland
We got the van! And its been made to look like the general lee out of the Dukes of Hazard... awesome! Just went up to port douglas and around the mountains for two days which was wicked, even were allowed to swim in a huge freshwater gorge in a national ...
Entlang der Coral Sea
... ganz abarbeiten, denn es ist schlicht und einfach kein Wasser da. Der Truck ist noch nicht gekommen, es ist eben Montag. Von Mossman bis Port Douglas sind es nur noch ein paar km, und so kommen wir noch vor Mittag auf dem Pandanus CP an. Ohne mich mit ...
Port Douglas
... so we were very glad to get in the air-conditioned mini-bus for the 1¼ hour journey up the Captain Cook Highway to Port Douglas. The Peninsula Hotel is an individual 34 suite gem of a place. The staff are friendly and attentive and the ...
Weather obsessed...
... and 5 starring it up for the night in the Sheriton. Tough life huh? Seriously I am the worst backpacker ever. The drive to Port Douglas was absolutely stunning, such a shame it was raining. It is purely coastal drive for about 30 km, right on the edge ...
Kuranda Historic Railway
... ' kind of like the 60's hippies and smoked way too much wacky backy!! We had a nice lunch with a bottle of very bad wine, that cost a fortune so it was drunk despite the horridness. The bus trip back to Port Douglas was superb and the views just ...
Beach Time!
... so thought i'd catch up a bit. Well I have now been to Airlie Beach, Mission Beach and I am now staying at a hostel in Port Douglas. Airlie beach was great, we had 5 days staying in a nice appartment over looking the harbour. Plenty of time to chill out ...
Palm Trees.
... was also a popular fishing/crabbing spot and our neighbour delighted in showing off the muddies he caught. Went to the lookout above Port Douglas for a spectacular view of 4 Mile Beach and later a wander down along 4 Mile Beach were you can hire tubes, ...
Day 9 - Port Douglas, Queensland
... more on next trip North) - it was a winding road in similar to Great Ocean Road. Arrived at our resort The Oaks Lagoon Port Douglas and was able to checkin earlier. We unpacked, heading down for a swim and relaxing around the pool, while I read, ...
spaceship time
... to stock up on food, but not too much as the fridge in the car was pretty small. We decided after seeing a little bit of Port Douglas from the previous days trips, that we’d stay there for a night, so that was our first night stop. Claire’s ...
