Oh lovely!
We've spent the weekend with Alex and 9 others in his apartment in pretty Port Douglas. The apartment is huge - he had described it to us but until you see it for yourself.... It has originally been a 4 bedroom apartment with en-suite, kitchen, family bathroom and sitting area but at some point the outside terrace has been incorporated into it and that is a massive space, housing a dining table with 14 chairs, 7 settees, 4 large suspended chairs, a pool table, a football space complete with goal, a boarded-in atrium, 2 balconies, a desk, a huge TV and music system and 8 cinema chairs. We all moved around each other, cooking, chatting, watching TV, etc and didn't get in each others way! Unbelievable. I have no idea how they found this place but they certainly fell on their feet!!
We got a guided tour of Port Douglas on Sunday, it's so pretty and with an amazing tropical climate, the humidity goes up and down but the temperature is pretty constant at this time of the year, which is the peak tourist season.
This is a special place, surrounded by the Daintree National Park which is glorious rainforest and in the sea, the Barrier Reef, which are both World Heritage areas.
The photo above shows 4-mile beach, glorious golden sands lapped by the Coral Sea. Alex has taken some annual leave this next week so we have a full itinerary planned. Today we visited Hartley's Crocodile Adventure which not only has loads of saltwater and freshwater crocs, snakes, lizards, koalas, cassowaries, kangaroos and wallabies plus a crocodile farm, it has mad, loud Aussies playing with said crocs!
Jim and Alex played with the wallabies and kangaroos.
And each other!
The views of the coast are stunning.
When we eventually got back we moved into our own, small, well normal sized apartment. All Alex's mates are lovely but it's nice to have some peace and quiet - and a clean bathroom!!
Tomorrow we are going on a catamaran to Agincourt Reef to spend the day snorkelling, swimming and generally gawping at the coral and sealife on the reef. Must remember my seasickness tablets cos me and boats don't always work well together! Can't wait though.
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