Blogs from Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 31

We've been spending the last two months of our lives in Port Douglas, in Far North Queensland. We connected with one of Elnaz’s high school mates (Heather) and ended up being roommates with her and her boyfriend (Marty) for our time in Port Douglas. It has been such a great experience and a great part of our travel. When we first got here, I got a job as a short order cook at one of the coffee shops that has quite an extensive menu in the cafe, while Elnaz got a glamorous job as a server at one of the very posh restaurants in town. As time went on we realized that if we wanted to save as much money as possible one job wasn't going to be enough so Elnaz managed to secure herself another ... read more

But it very hot and humid, humid, humid Judy had her picture taken again She really wants to win that prize on Cape Cod again this year Bob... read more

We headed north for our second destination, taking in some great views of the coastline - the driver argued the case for the view being more impressive than the better known Great Ocean Road. However, we'll give our own verdict on that in 4 weeks time!! We stayed at a YHA place called Port O'Call. Luxury!! We had ensuite and unlimited aircon use!!!! The bar/restaurant area is a bit dated, but the food is okay - the portions are large though! Spent the afternoon exploring Port Douglas itself which has quite a village, green and leafy feel to it. A very nice, low-rise, boutiquey town - we'd go back there. Here the top 3 attractions are : The Rainforest Habitat / Breakfast with the Birds (blog: ) Mossman Gorge (blog: ) Daintree National Park / Cape ... read more

We booked a bus up to Port Douglas to drop us of at midday on Thursday and pick us up at 5pm the next day. We were staying at a youth hostel called the 'Parrotfish' which was in between the main street and the beach. i went there with the family so knew my way round a bit (although we couldn't find the beach for about half an hour at first- even worse considering it is called 4 mile beach!). We couldn't check into out room when we got there so we went straight down to the beach. It is 4 miles long as the name suggests but you can only swim in the netted 50 metre square area. We spent the day down there and even jogged down 4 mile beach (not all the way)... ... read more

Hiya! Its our last night in Port Douglas, and as always, here I am writing our blog - Its been a lovely few days here - not much to do but that's why its so lovely - we've spent lazy days by the marina, the four mile beach, sipping drinks, bit of shopping of course and eating - what else... Port Douglas is the nearest gateway to the Great Barrier Reef. With an hours drive from Cairns, to get here we passed some amazing views of secluded beaches via an endless stretch of coastal roads - it felt like driving towards paradise, lots of palm trees which seemed to increase as we got closer to Port Douglas. An upmarkt resort, it is pure luxury with rich yachts and apartments. Our hotel was situated about 10 mins ... read more