WARNING THIS ENTRY CONTAINS SNAKES, BIRDS AND SPIDERS!!! Well I've found another internet room with USB drive so time to share my Magnetic Island experience - we officially were involved in some record breaking.....the coldest, wettest weather in the dry tropics ever!! I slept in two pairs of pjs, woolly socks, a hooded sweatshirt, sheet and two fleece blankets each night. The dry tropics aren't designed for bad weather, for instance our bungalow was wooden with open slots at the front covered with mosquito nets and no shutters. They also don't have any indoor eating areas so a cold time was had. Going back a few days Port Douglas was a good hostel, had a few nights out then got back to Cairns for two nights and had a good couple of wet but warm
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