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Port Douglas Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Port Douglas, Australia
DAY 206 - KURANDA TO PORT DOUGLAS - PONCHO PEOPLE
... . It is a great place with a few quirky shops and loads of restaurants. It isn't overly pretentious and seemed pretty laid back. Port Douglas and especially Kuranda are how I imagined Byron Bay would be. They are both more laid back and have a much more ...
Snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef........wow!
... stuff for tropical pests! On the night I arrived we went out to dinner to a restaurant called The Inlet at PD (Port Douglas)waterfront - great seafood - I had Spanish mackerel - nothing like the mackerel we know - a lovely white fish washed down with ...
day 25
Started the morning with a walk to the beach with dad and Fynn, whilst mum went for a run. The water was a pretty blue colour and the sun was nice and warm on our backs. The late morning was spent wandering around the shops on the main street. ...
Homebase for our dive trip to the GBR
... Dive . We're planning to do 2 or 3 dives (hoping and praying that Grant's ears don't have any issues clearing). ------------------------------- Port Douglas is a resort town with a huge marina, and lots of large holiday villas. It's big draw was its ...
G'day again!
... out Barren Waterfalls. So we've hired a wagon and have 17 days to get to Brisbane, good job because we'd all still be relaxing on the beach in Port Douglas, we have a feeling however that there is plenty more to see on the east coast of ...
39. Nice but wet
The first stop on our trip down the coast of Australia was Port Douglas. My mate Larry was with us so we flew up to Cairns and got ourselves a hired car for the week around the area. Port Douglas is a grand place, nice enough to stop for a few days. We ...
Port Douglas - maybe home one day
... . The weather is so steady here. Day temperatures are 31 degrees and night 24, so really warm and pleasant. On the way to Port Douglas we passed Mossman Gorge turnoff and did not go there as we were towing our trailer. We decided to go back to Mossman and ...
Reef, Rainforest & Reptiles
... did not make landfall and was travelling south from Cairns and didn't interrupt our travel plans. Yesterday, we took a helicopter from Port Douglas Airfield (well a field!!) out to the outer rim of the Great Barrier Reef - 55km off Queensland. The ...
Birthday Night and Peppers
... from Darwin after the trip I met up with Katie and Rory again. Katie picked me up from tyhe aiport and drove me to Port Douglas where we stayed for three nights and celebrated my birthday. It is really nice place and lots of villas and expensive looking ...
"Come here my little cassowary..."
... on the exposed sandbars to keep warm. So, we were fortunate to have any sightings of crocodiles. Back to Port Douglas and Paddy's Pub for the Sunday night roast lamb special! Probably our best meal in Australia, even better than my rv ...
Port Douglas
... made items, and if it weren't for the fact that shipping would cost a bomb (and since we fly budget airlines, our weight allowance wont cover them) we would have spent a fortune. So all in all, Port Douglas was very good to us. ...
Barrier Reef
Back in Port Douglas to go snorkeling. I got picked up from the hostel and taken to the boat to go out to the outer reef. The further north one goes the closer is the reef. For us it was only an hour away, and there were very tour boats. The whole ...
Port Douglas
... but it didnt stop me doing things, it was mainly drizzle so you didnt get soaked and it was still quite mild. I didnt think Port Douglas was that great, it was pretty, had a nice beach and some nices views of the rainforest but not one of my favourite ...
Cards, campervans, campsites
... but the warning signs for jellyfish and crocodiles kind of put us off). We continue the rest of today's journey to Port Douglas, passing the time with random conversations, and debates over passionate topics, such as Tim Tams vs Penguins and Haribo vs ...
Driving the Great Ocean Rd
Rented a car from Rent-a-bomb, a name that fills you with confidence before heading off on a six hundred k ...
Luxury is a bucket of prawns and a tv!
29 June 2009 to 19 July 2009 Cairns – Port Douglas – Cooktown – Cairns Now that we've hit the east coast we feel as if we have lost our travellin’ mojo a bit as this is all familiar territory to us now. We know Cairns quite well ...
Port Douglas & Cape Tribulation
... locals. Dozens of the local boys & girls were having surfing lessons – all in their little "stinger suits" - quite cute. Port Douglas is supposed to be 'up market' but I think that only applies to the many exclusive Resorts lining the road ...
Camping on the Beach
... we seem to retire to bed at 8:30, not sure if it's still the travelling jetlag, or the darkeness. Sunday off the Port Douglas, known as the town where the wealthy stay and holiday, Bill Clinton made it famous by vacationing here many times. Caught ...
Port Douglas
... some freedom again. It was great travelling with a group, but we're ready to do our own thing again. Drove to Port Douglas. It's a very trendy and well designed town. Very cute and friendly. Also very lush...probably lots of spiders and snakes ...
We can't wait to say G'day
... Cairns). We set off at 8am and arrived about 8pm after a lunch, dinner and tea stop on the way. Unfortunately the 2 smelliest people in Australia were on the bus for the 1st leg, resulting in Jo and I having to do a not-so-subtle seat move after the pong ...
Total Eclipse of the Sun....Behind a Cloud!
... so we set off back to our campsite to shower before getting some breakfast and exploring the small but idyllic resort town of Port Douglas. There was also the Eclipse Marathon going on around the town so we watched and cheered on some of the runners who ...
Great Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef Adventure (March 16th): Today we went snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef with Poseidon Tours. In this blog entry I will talk about the reef and the animals that live there and the experience of going snorkeling on the ...
Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary
We went to "The Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary." We started out by having "Breakfast with the Birds." It was so fun! We had all these birds walking around us, and we had Rainbow Lorakeets walk on our table. If we had any bread, then they would try ...
Port Douglas
... afterwords. I lied on the pool for a while and later on went to town to have dinner with Sandra and Victor. Was a nice day. Port Douglas ist etwa ne Stunde von Cairns entfernt, ein kleines Dorf aber sehr nett. Da es nicht sehr viel zu sehen gibt, hab ...
Mal was anderes
Cairns! Die ganze Zeit erzaehle ich euch schon von Cairns! Doch wie ist Cairns wirklich? Naja zugegeben es is nicht gerade der Renner! Eine riessen Touristadt mit hunderten von Bettenburgen einem riessen Jachthafen und einer mit Bars, Shops und ...
Working 9-5
... and got me loads of sympathy! For the moment I don't anticipate me writing too often to you via Travelpod but should anyone wish to go trad you can write/send to : Dougie's 111 Davidson St Port Douglas QLD 4871 It looks like I'll be here for some ...
For the last time...
This is the last one from Port and it is with some sadness that I am writing this entry today. I've dismantled my tent and packed all my stuff into the car which will be whizzing me down the East Coast. I've filled my esky with food to sustain me on the ...
Port Douglas
Hi All, We arrived late on Wednesday so just went to bed. Thursday was our day on the reef, the wind was very strong but teh sun shone. We managed not to be sick ont he way out to the reef. On the reef we went snorkelling, the fish were ...