The road to Port Douglas

G'day mates, we're back in the habitable world.  

Tuesday the 14^th May;

We are on our way to Port Douglas, there are a few road works;

and then we had to wait....

We pass Cairns because Danny is leaving from Cairns so it’s wiser to keep Cairns as last and go to Port Douglas first. This last piece from Cairns to Port Douglas is one of the most spectacular coastal roads of Australia

We are heaving a great Caravan Park just minutes from the roaring little centre of this lovely place. I love Port Douglas but again; it is so expensive. Danny has booked a tour to the reef to do some snorkeling and of course we would have liked to join him but it’s nearly 200.00 bucks p/p and we definitely can’t afford that. So unfortunately I cannot surprise you with pictures of the reef and the beautiful creatures that live in it. But Danny had a great time!

View from our site....

What we did together is we went to Daintree and took the ferry over the Daintree-River, famous for the crocodiles, to Cape Tribulation. The road was approx. 35 k’s to the Tribulation and all along you could do walks what we did of course. Danny likes the jungle and so do we ……..

these two lovely birdies live on the ferry.....

our first walk was "Jindalba boardwalk" ....

isn't this a beautiful canopy?

the second walk was "Dubuji boardwalk" with mangroves and access to the beach...... 

On the signs we learnt that also in this area are Cassowaries but we didn’t expect to see them. But then… suddenly we heard something and there they were, two beautiful creatures but we were so stunned, especially Danny was surprised by their height, I forgot to take a picture. Most probably we wouldn’t have been good anyway because of the thickly wooded forest. 

and then you just walk right out of the jungle, to the beach....

On the way back we stopped in Daintree as we thought that Danny might wanted to go on a boat tour to spot crocs, but he didn’t want to. Now we’ve been here before and knew a nice track along the river were we had seen crocs in the past so that was the alternative, it’s a very nice track through the paddocks.  

                               

isn't this amazing .....

Unfortunately we didn't see crocs but the drive was very excited....

Next time it's carnival time in Port Douglas...

See you then.

Cheers!