Blogs from Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 32

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!! There is a lot to update you on, but for now, we'll just post the Christmas photos. It was such a different Christmas for us, but definitely one to remember. NOT a white one, instead, a HOT and HUMID one! haha. We spent most of the day in the 30 degrees Celsius pool. Christina arrived a few nights ago, and her and Jace (her other half) were with us all Christmas day. It was very nice to have a great friend form back home visiting!!! We started the day by hanging out in the pool with Heather, Marty, Div and Hayley (Marty's sister), then Christina and Jace arrived and we wend to four mile beach for some Christmassy photos. We did the classic photo of us in bathing suits and Santa hats and ... read more

After the 12 hour over night coach journey from Airlie beach, in which a little shit kept waking me up by playing his ipod at full volume even when he was asleep I arrived in Cairns. Had a few hours to kill and you guessed it McDonalds breakfast was in order. I then went to the airport to meet my family who had arrived from Hong Kong. Our place of stay was Port Douglas in the Sheraton Mirage hotel. An oasis of pure luxury and a welcome break from the hostels of the east coast. 4 massive swimming pools, restaurants, buffet breakfast and right on 4 mile beach, lovely!! The first couple of days, the group were still getting over their jet lag and I was trying to catch up on my sleep from the Whitsundays ... read more

Arriving in Queensland we were astounded by the tropical climate and geography - it looks like Hawaii with lush green mountainsides, white sand beaches, and cool ocean breezes! Pineapple, mango and sugar cane fields are abundant. We flew into Cairns and drove straight up to Port Douglas, about an hour north. Several people had suggested we visit this seaside town and we sure are glad they did! It reminded us a bit of Cannon Beach, Oregon with one main street of shops and restaurants, a nice long beach, and many places to stay. We really loved Scoops, an ice cream shop on the main drag. It is open air with glass folding doors to lock up at night (or in bad weather). The flavors of ice cream were exotic and delicious. The owners were so pleasant ... read more

We stopped off at Mossman Gorge on the way to Port Douglas. It was a really nice place with lots of nice little water falls and a big rainforest walk. We had a nice look around Port Douglas - it's a very nice place. Bill Clinton has a house there as do lots of other rich people. We, on the other hand, stayed in a tent at Dougie's hostel. We met some really nice Aussies in the evening and had a really fun night. Up early the next morning (not good) to go to the Great Barrier Reef. It was awesome. We were on a luxury boat with brand new equipment. I snorkelled and Olly went diving. The coral alone is just unbelievable. So colourful and so many different types (over 400). We both saw so ... read more

Gisteren werkte de computer niet helemaal en het uploaden van de foto's duurde daarom ook een eeuwigheid. Daarom probeer ik het vandaag nog maar een keertje.. De foto's van het Rainforest Habitat. Liefs x ons! Nog maar 2 nachtjes slapen en dan zien we elkaar eindelijk weer!! ... read more