Blogs from Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

Today was our last opportunity to use our 3 day ticket at Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures so we set off aiming to get there in time for the 9am activities. They predicated rain and thunder/lightening today, but it was sunny, clear blue sky and 29 degrees already! The drive back down from Port Douglas along the coast is probably one of the prettiest roads we’ve ever been on. At times, you are right next to the incredible blue water lapping onto a very narrow strip of beach. I don’t think you could ever get bored of driving down it. It’s not all perfect though, they’re doing roadworks at the moment removing fallen rocks and unstable rocky overhangs and the size of the boulders they’ve dislodged are massive! They block half the road! We got to our destination ... read more

As we drove into Port Douglas, it was apparent that the town was next level to anything we had experienced on our caravan journeys to date. From the exclusive golf resorts lining the main road into Port Douglas, the luxury condominiums as we edged closer to town, the Italian style rent-a-recliner chairs at Four Mile Beach, to the designer shops and trendy bars lining the main street, Port Douglas is the place to be seen. Lifestyles of the rich and famous. The town was almost totally destroyed by a cyclone on 1911, and was close to dying out, until developers discovered the town in the 1980’s. It has certainly come a long way since that time. We were happy to play the wealthy tourist, and stroll up and down the main street, visit the beach and ... read more

Forecast!!!! Cloudy, winds from 10k to 100k and the possibility of some showers. Oh No! But, Yes, for the 11days I spent with Warwick driving from Cairns to Cooktown and back, this was the daily outlook. As with all forecasters they did get most of it right but quite a bit was wrong. We didn't really get any rain apart from a couple of showers that didn't affect our plans. We did see quite a bit of sunlight, but nowhere near enough to satisfy our wants. We did get wind, some gentle, some strong enough to dull the mood. While in Cooktown we had some gusts strong enough to necessitate adopting the 45degree walking style. Did we enjoy ourselves? Oh Yes!!. I loved the whole time. For me, seeing this part of Australia for the first ... read more

There isn't really any birding to do in the area immediately around the accommodation and my family doesn't exactly get up early so we weren't out until half the day had gone at 10:30. This is what makes travelling on your own so much better, except of course I wouldn't be able to do this without a car. So they wanted to use what was left of the evening to visit Port Douglas which is a nearby town and I decided that the best thing for me to do would be to be dropped off at Wildlife Habitat Port Douglas on the way in which is just on the edge of town. This is a zoo in case their obscure name doesn't make that clear. I would also like to note at this point that all ... read more

Geo: -16.4958, 145.467... read more