Port Douglas

18th Aug
   Had a coffee at a truck stop on the way back down after leaving Cooktown quite early & the weather was very warm & sunny. We did a left turn for the coast at Mt Malloy & couldn't believe the bright green countryside. It didn't appear to be very well stocked & feed everywhere on the small farms. We were at another Big 4 & about 7klms out of town . We did a walk up the road & sugar cane growing everywhere.

A narrow road & quite busy traffic wise but could have been after school pick ups.

We were standing on the bridge when a big school bus drove over & there was alot of movement! The next morning we drove into Port Douglas & certainly very nice with beautiful looking resorts & fantastic palm lined streets. Very tropical with different shrubs which are so colourful. Quite up market shops but still a village look & excellent coffee at The Coffee Club. We met John & Sue at The Tin Shed for lunch. We sat on a nice verandah style deck over looking the water & a magic spot.
20th aug.
Allan & I headed off to Daintree Village & stopped on the way to look at markets at Mossman & had a coffee & walked the length of the town. We then drove on to Daintree Village & found ourselves a place on the river bank for a picnic lunch .

Several river cruises left along side us & their first stop was directly opposite where crocodiles were apparently smiling for the camera! On the way home we called into a Barra farm where you could try you luck fishing for $55 but couldn't keep it. Very enjoyable outing & I drove home & second time in three months!
21st Aug.
 We went to the markets at Port Douglas & it was very busy. The vegs were excellent & some very nice stalls especially the ones with photography.

It was very warm so treated ourselves to a drink at a place called The Brewery which over looked the marina.

We had seen boards advertising fresh prawns so walked to the end of the wharf & bought half a kilo for $10 & they made a yummy lunch & best prawns we've had for a long time. We were so full so spent the rest of the afternoon residing outside enjoying the warm 27 degrees. At the end of the road which we turned into for the caravan park they were harvesting cane.

Allan was paid to cut it by hand when he was over here on a working holiday many years ago. Once this truck was filled it was emptied into special bins sitting on rail sidings & an engine arrived to take it to the sugar factory at Mossman. Certainly a huge industry in this area. We had some visitors at the caravan park which were quite cute.

We had a mother  Stone - Curlew & two baby chicks come to show off. The mother sat on top of the chicks after feed time & no one would know they were even there!

Dad thought he would also be in the picture. Always something different. Love Bev & Allan.