Blogs from Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 30

New Word: Pippie, small clams that are picked from the shoreline. The past couple of days have been overcast and rainy. When looking up to the skies it appears like a bag of muddy cottonballs, but as this jumble of dirty cotton balls float by they slightly break apart to show glimps of the blue sky above. Regardless of the "pour" weather we took an hour drive north to Port Douglas; a very neatly presented township. The highway, more like a boulevard, coming into Port Douglas is lined with palm trees; all very tropical, green, and manicured. We parked on the main street and window shopped the 5 or 6 blocks to the Sunday Public Market. This market is very popular with the locals and tourists; lots of fresh fruits and veggies to be had. ... read more

Dreamed I had green tics in my skin last night, possibly due to my pre-sleep waking thoughts of parasites crawling around my body yechh! My dream job - ice cream girl Surprisingly, I’m really enjoying it! A little disappointed with the lack of supervisory inspiration and motivation though, this could be such a fun and ‘wicked’ environment to work in but the girls I’ve shared time with so far seem mostly vacant… or somewhere else? They don’t appear to be enjoying their work and participate in small talk of their drinking, smoking, unhealthy eating habits. Something in me - ego?- loves opportunity such as this (having serving to myself) to get it all together to show em (my employers and the customers) what I can do. I am worthy damn it - you’ll see! You’ll love ... read more

Who would have thought?! It’s incredible! All this fruit feasting - I am so addicted to rollinia - and I am definitely losing inches. I suspect it’s the coconut flesh I’ve been enjoying… as I remember the effect of the cold pressed of course oil on Luke during one of his own fetish eras. After a couple weeks of coconut oil with everything, he’d lost a couple kilos at least - and he doesn’t have much to lose! I feel the same deal, with fresh milky flesh for breakfast each morn. I’m sure my new regime of push-ups (girlie-style) and lunges and squats are helping too Who would have thought? Coconut meat = a slimmer, less cellulite you! Luke’s gone to Townsville for the weekend. Business with the inflexible and maddening government system. So, we have ... read more

url='/Videos/2557.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2557.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Cane Toad Races Day 8-10 We flew to Cairns (good service on Qantas, and they give you a sandwich!) and were advised Port Douglas was the place to be. We drove an hour north and pulled into our lodgings at the Nautilus Holiday Apartments. Hot an muggy, and we need a pint. We made the short walk to Macrossan Street, the main drag of Port Douglas. Port Douglas is a charming spot, with boutique shops and restaurants all along Macrossan. Apparently Bill Clinton and the like are partial to the place. We stopped into the Iron Bar for dinner and pints, and took our chances on the not to be missed Cane Toad Races. I also got to watch some of the footy. Next day Sandra and Sheila got up early to watch the ... read more

The drive from Airlie Beach to Port Douglas was another long one. These long drives are very boring as the scenery is just tree after tree, interdespersed occasionally by sugar cane plots. The only interesting thing about this drive though was that we moved into very tropical areas as we headed north with landscape changing accordingly. We started seeing palm trees, crocodile warnings and even large squashed snakes by the road side. When we arrived in Port Douglas this was accentuated as we stepped out of the air conditioned car and were instantly too hot and sweaty and had attracted tonnes of local mossies! We stayed in a hostel called Parrotfish Lodge which had great facilities including a gorgeous pool, fast internet and a bar with mega cheap food and drinks. This meant we could just ... read more