Blogs from Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 15

G'day mates, how're goin? As you can see we are picking up the lingo good style! Fair dinkum! We've been out snorkelling at the Great barrier reef. it was amazing. Despite sun factor of 30+. we still managed to get burnt. Will be taking it very easy for the next couple of days. Mum even got her hair wet. Weather is about 30c. I don't know what the weather is in UK but I should think its cold and wet. Port Douglas is a lovely place , only a small town but plenty of bars and restaurants.Having a minor problem with the transfer up to Cape Tribulation but hopefully it will be sorted tomorrow. The hotel gave us a bottle of bubbly yesterday for our anniversary which was nice. We went into town and ate at ... read more

Hello everyone, we're now in port douglas .there was a mix up over the airport transfer so we were a bit late getting here.The hotel resort is very nice, it's a little bit out of town but there's a shuttle bus takes us in.At the moment we're still settling in but we're planning to go to the barrier reef in the next couple of days.we're going to have some lunch and then a swim in the pool. Still no luck with the photos but we're working on it. Love to everyone Mum and Dad... read more

Mit dem Vorsatz die heutige Nacht entweder in einem Hotel in Port Douglas, oder in Cairns zu verbringen fahren wir wieder zurück nach Mossman Gorge, um an einer Aboriginees-geführten Tour durch den Regenwald teilzunehmen. Zuvor waren wir schon auf der Hinfahrt nach Cape Tribulation dort stehen geblieben. Da es uns dort so gut gefiel sind wir nun wieder gekommen. Diese wird wirklich zu einem einmaligen Erlebnis und fortan sehen wir den Regenwald und seine Blätter, Früchte, Bäche und Bäume mit komplett anderen Augen. Herold, unser Führer, bringt unserer Kleingruppe von insgesamt nur 6 Leuten die Mystik und Zauber des Regenwalds auf beeindruckende Weise näher. Die Kunde von Früchten, die giftig sind bis man sie kocht, in Wasser schwemmt, auf Steinplatten zertrümmert, gleich roh ist, niemals nur berührt, oder verwechselbare Doppelgänger bekömmlich vertilgt, zieht uns in den ... read more

We had a fabulous time at Cairns. The Coconut Resort caravan park was such a great place, we've stayed there before but this is the first time we've used their facilities. I washed in their laundry, dried clothes on their lines, jumped on their jumping pillow, swam in their pool, shopped in their shop and bought fish and chips from their little bistro. We didn't play tennis, volley ball, mini golf, ride skateboards or bikes there, nor did we play in their adventure playground or games room but all in all we had a great time. We loved their little water park and watching the children have a ball there. It was a concoction of slippery slides, canons, and all sorts of twirly things, all having water coming out of them, down them, across them. Our ... read more

Une semaine qu'on a eu accès à internet.... voilà le récit des derniers jours. Bonne lecture! 10 juillet Direction Normanton. Presque le bout de rien! On a eu beaucoup de route à une voie aujourd’hui. Il faut se mettre une roue sur la gravel lorsqu’on rencontre un autre véhicule. Le plus dangereux, c’est les cailloux qu’on reçoit et qui peuvent aller dans le pare-brise. Faut faire attention. Ils ont fini la route à la fin des années 1990 et ils l’élargissent à deux voies par endroit. Pendant que je conduisais, il y a une lumière qui a allumé sur le tableau de bord. Après un regard dans notre manuel, les plaquettes de frein seraient à vérifier. Belle affaire. On est à plusieurs centaines de km d’un dépositaire pour notre Koala. Les freins vont bien alors, pas ... read more