Departing
Melbourne for Port
Douglas, via Cairns
Saturday 28th May
2005
This is The Gateway to Melbourne
Melbourne's
down the bottom, Cairns is up the top (for those who didn't already know !)
Port Douglas is an hour's drive north of Cairns, in tropical Far North
Queensland
It's a loooong way down !
Arrived in
Port Douglas to a fireworks display...
didn't realise they'd be THAT excited to see us !
(Actually, it was Carnivale)
Our apartment at Saltwater
Floorplan (ours was the one on the right in the plans)
Part of
the spectacular view.
This was actually taken from the kids' balcony.
They had the Penthouse Suite
Our view was the same but we had a much smaller balcony.
That's the marina down there.
1.
Melbourne to Port Douglas via Cairns
2. Cane toads and Cruising
3. Snorkelling on the Reef
4. Chopper Ride
5. Flying over the Reef
6. Dawn on Four Mile Beach
7. Mossman Gorge
8. More Mossman Gorge
9. Along the Track
10. Sugar Cane and Port Douglas Marina
11. Rainbow Lorikeets
12. Another Dawn
13. More Four Mile Beach
14. Barron Falls
15. The Last Day
16. Seeya Cairns