The weather was humid and it looked like there was potential for more rain. The internet was back up and running (it was down the previous night) so after a massive fry up we used the opportunity to catch up on a few bits of admin online. Unfortunately we could only get a signal from the outdoor (but undercover) tv room which was infested with mosquitoes. Despite squashing plenty, we came off worst with a good 10 big red bites each on our legs. Somebody had obviously forgotten to tell them that they don’t like Deet. Around lunchtime, when we finally felt we’d caught up with things, we drove into the pretty seaside town of Port Douglas and parked up. The golden beach was near empty, and we were just thinking about diving into the netted
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