Today started out sunny and warm for a change and we decided that instead of just hitting the road we would head across the street to the beach and spend some time here first.
The beach is a long as you can see and quite nice with palm trees lining the edge. Very tropical feeling. our neighbours had the same idea and the kids got to all play together again.
The owners of the resort have a brown lab named Archie and he follows anyone to the beach. We had some fun throwing sticks into the surf for him and Wyatt grew quite attached to him.
After the beach we hit the road for the drive to Cairns where we hoped to have lunch and visit thier sea side lagoon. The highway is a twisty little two lane road lined with Sugar cane and Banana trees the whole way. The sugar cane fields are all linked together with tiny little railroads that they use for hauling the harvested cane to the processing plants. The gauge of the trackes can't be more than 2 feet.
We arrived in Cairns and headed to the lagoon. Cairns seems much more built up, lots more brand name shops and restaurants. Big hotels. The lagoon was massive and very nice. Although littered with backpackers and tourists ! We stayed here and let the kids play until afternoon nap and then made the last push to Port douglas.
This road is a mini great ocean road and luckily no one got sick ! Port Douglas is just a tiny little town on a peninsula that is a good jumping off point for both the Great Barrier reef and the Daintree Rainforest.
We checked into our room and then headed out for a nice dinner at a Hog's Breath Cafe on the pier.
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