We returned to the Rainforest Habitat of two days ago, as our ticket enabled us to return for free. This time though, we opted for the ‘Breakfast with the Birds’, a buffet breakfast inside the bird enclosure, which meant that we had to share our tables with some of them. This was very enjoyable, particularly […]

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We decided to stay in Port Douglas another day to catch up with some work. Other than doing some computer work, Clare took Olive for a walk along the main street enviously admiring the expensive items for sale. To take up the afternoon Clare and Olive ventured to the beach for some sand play, and […]

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It was a clear blue sky day today, pity we did not have that yesterday for our snorkeling trip. We rode our bikes about 5km to the Rainforest Habitat, a high quality zoo mostly with tropical birds. There were birds all around us in a well designed natural setting. There was a koala and crocodile […]

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Our snorkeling trip to the Low Isles started at 10am under blue skies. It took us just over an hour of sailing to get to the small coral island, part of the inner reef. Rob headed straight to shore on a guided snorkeling tour, while Clare and Olive had a view of the coral and […]

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We drove up to the lookout and lighthouse on Mt Cook to look for a way out of here, just as Captain Cook did over 200 years ago. Cooky found a route through the reef, but for us the best way was back the way we came along the inland road. Again it was super […]

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The wind last night was horrendous, we thought there was a cyclone coming. Fortunately the van survived and amazingly Olive slept through it. We took a walk to the cemetery and through some mangroves, then along the main strip of town, which includes some monuments to Captain Cook who beached his ship the Endeavour here […]

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As we packed up our campsite in the early morning it started to rain. We have to backtrack a little to take the sealed inland road to Cooktown (about 250 km). The more direct route following the coast (about 100km) would be more spectacular, but it is a serious 4WD only track. We passed a […]

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