I wasn't able to get to a computer yesterday because we had a long day. We were picked up at the hotel by the cruise bus shuttle and taken up to Port Douglas (1 hour) and into PARADISE.
Port Douglas is a resort town of the first water and is lovely. We were dropped off at the marina for the boat ride out to the reefs. Wait till you see the pictures of the boat. An enormous catamaran. We were well over a 150 people ferried out to platform on the reef, about twenty miles out to sea. An incredible thing seeing the reef up close. Big and little fish, turtles a shark (very small) tons of every type and colour of coral. Went in a semi submersible for a ride around in the reef and then Nina convinced me to go in the water. You are all suited up in a lycra suit so you don't get sunburned or scratched by the reef. I didn't stay in long as I am not hugely happy of bottomless pools, but the big fish were wonderful and they are quite used to people because they are fed, so they swim around you all the time. Grouper like things and lovely little blue fish. I got a ton of pictures.
We were returned to shore around 5:30 or so and did some grocery shopping for our room which has a kitchen. The room is gorgeous!
the porches even have fans because it must be so hot in the summer. It is just getting into their high season so we are lucky because it is not too busy.
Today was our day off and we walked to a bird and animal safari place to have breakfast with the birds. It was fun watching the small parrots (lorikeets) slide onto the tables to see what they could get from people. There were all kinds of egrets, cranes ducks swans and huge parrots. I got some great pics of... a kukaburra! The photo possibilities are endless.
It was an hour walk out there and we walked part of the way back but it was too hot to go all the way and we took a bus. Had some smoked crocodile Caeser salad for lunch and Nina and I shared a beer!
I'm going to go rest now, because I am tired and tomorrow is another big tour day which will get us back to Cairns late in the day. Then we have one free day to make whatever arrangements for our train ride and off we will go. Maybe we will rest two days, I'm not sure. We will see.
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