Back to Cairns

This morning in Port Douglas it was raining. Not a big issue as today marked the beginning of the end for our holiday. We had a quick breakfast and our shuttle picked us up to take us back to Cairns.

One thing I haven’t mentioned is the sugar cane. Based on the amount of sugar cane being grown around Cairns and Port Douglas we are not going to run out of sugar any time soon.

They still have the narrow gauge (2ft) trains that bring the cane from the farms to the mill. The track runs everywhere even through the middle of Mossman. The trains aren’t running at the moment and I expect they are diesels and not the classic steam trains of the past.

We were dropped off at the Novotel and went for a bit of a walk around town. Oddly enough we ended up at the Hemingways Brewery again.

Dinner was at a nice restaurant on the esplanade.

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