Just after sunset on Four Mile Beach in Port Douglas. We had a hard time finding the beach since I read the map wrong so what should have been a 5 minute walk turned into a half hour walk but still pretty!
We spent the first day at the market and looking around the downtown area followed by an afternoon by the pool. Since we didn't get to our place until after midnight everyone was up for a lazy day. Clint got a kangaroo hat and we found bananas for $5.00 a kg so we were very happy. We've been paying between $12 and $15 a kg for bananas here!
Clint and the kids enjoyed the pool. There was a waterfall area, a jetted area like a hot tub only not hot and a small kiddy pool to play in. After a few minutes Miles swimming was back up to speed, it's amazing how quickly things get rusty if you haven't been practising!
This is crocodile area,so we visited Hartley's Crocodile Adventure Park and saw lots of crocs. It was one of the most reasonably priced attractions ever. We saw crocs being fed, you should hear the snap of there jaws when they bite down!
We also got a short boat ride where we saw crocs jump out of the water to get food. Just so you know they use their hearing to hunt so it is better to swim under water than do the front crawl which has lots of splashing if you are ever in crocodile invested waters! Also their stomachs are only the size of their heads so they can only eat a limb, not your whole body, isn't that more comforting!
After visiting the crocs we headed to a nearby beach for a run and some sea shell hunting. Then it was off to Cairns which has a ton of souvenir shops and is way bigger and more commercial than where we stayed.
Our third day, Tuesday, was our Reef day. We took a trip with Calypso Snorkelling and although the weather wasn't idyllic we enjoyed ourselves. Miles got in the water but wouldn't put his face down so he didn't get to see all the fish and coral.
Izzy tried to get into the spirit but she is still a bit too young! We saw lots of fish, amazing huge clams (bigger than me) and even a reef shark. Mom thought it was the best snorkelling she'd ever done. Clint and I thought the coral was incredible but since it wasn't sunny the colours weren't as spectacular as in Hawaii. Miles got sea sick on the rough ride back but everyone was glad we had spent our day that way!
After a busy few days we decided to take it easy and relax on Wednesday. It was a good day to spend by the pool and let the kids rest up. We had a rough night with Izzy running a high fever but she held up for our Thursday adventures!
We got to see this waterfall from both sides. It was huge since there has been so much rain over the past few months. We heard that tourism has been way down since there have been so many floods and cyclones in the surrounding area which meant there weren't many crowds wherever we went which was nice!
Miles and Clint had a great time looking out the windows on the train ride. Isabella was so tired that she slept the whole way back.
Miles caught whatever it was that Isabella had and he spent all day Friday on the couch with a high fever. It was beautiful and sunny out so Clint and I took Izzy to the beach and spent the rest of the day by the pool or beside Miles who was feeling much better by the evening.
This next picture was taken while we were waiting for dinner at a restaurant. I had one of the best meals of my life, even Clint said he had never tasted fish so yummy!
Port Douglas is one of the most beautiful areas we have visited. We would recommend the place that we stayed, Nimrod Apartments, if you want a two bedroom place in a peaceful area. The only thing we didn't get to do was visit Cape Tribulation and the Daintree Rainforest which we had planned to do on Friday but Miles was sick. We had such a good time and since Isabella loves saying pull a face we took a picture of all of us pulling a face in Kurunda.
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