Cairns and Port Douglas

Today we had half a day in Cairns before our flight left just after lunch. We had a nice breakfast in town and then went for another walk along the waterfront.

There is a cruise ship in near Hemingway’s Brewery. Cairns is on a not-very-big creek called Chinamans Creek but it is very busy with yachts, trawlers, Navy patrol boats, big tourist boats, and cruise liners. This wasn’t a big cruise liner but still it took up a bit of space.

The plane trip home was a little delayed as we were flying an S shaped course flying around big thunderstorms.

Overall this has been an excellent holiday. So nice to be travelling again. A couple of comments:

- Yes it was warm and the humidity was high but you do get used to it (sort of), keep in mind they are going into the cooler dry season
- The rainforest is a fascinating place and needs to be protected
- The food is seriously good!
- Everyone is very friendly
- It is a nice place to visit but I don’t think I could live up here, it would be very hot in the wet season
- Snorkeling the reef and sailing were the definite highlights
- The scenery up here is stunning
- It is dangerous, toxic trees, killer jellyfish, man eating crocs, deadly snakes, and massive spiders!

Until next time!Lue lisää