Our flight was alright in the end – although we did have a stopover in Darwin which we didn’t know about. Basically we got off the plane and stuck into a holding pen for two hours watching “Good Morning America” (not Good Morning Australia?). Neither of us managed to sleep; but in the end that worked to our favour because as we flew down the coast to Cairns we got to witness the most stunning sunrise – see facebook for photos. It was really something.
We got to the airport and straight on the coach to Port Douglas. I fell asleep straight away on the coach! Our hotel is really lovely. We have a huge room, with balcony overlooking the pools and a hot tub J how cool is that? Whilst waiting for our room to be ready though we went for a walk along the beach into Port Douglas town centre. Wow. What a beach. Truly a tropical paradise; golden sands, blue sea and palm trees. Our hotel is pretty much at the end of Four Mile Beach and the town centre is at the other end so we walked the whole way with our feet in the sea which was really nice. In the town centre we had fruit salad and ice cream for lunch and wandered around. We went inside St Mary’s by the Sea church which is so quaint and cute and then we walked all the way back again. Needless to say a sleep was in order when we got to our room!
This evening we got a shuttle bus into town and had a look round the many restaurants before settling on an “Australian-Italian Fusion Restaurant” which was very yummy. It’s really amazing here – hot but not oppressive heat as in Singapore and the contrast in the air quality is astounding and very welcome! Tomorrow we’re having “Breakfast with the Birds” at the local wildlife sanctuary then spending the rest of the day on the beach J
Us xxxxxxx
No comments:
Post a Comment