Queensland

Cairns & Port Douglas

We arrive in Cairns...	...our hire car is awaiting us in the airport car park...	...we drove through Cairns...	...didn't like it and drove...	...up the coast...	...via the...
...Rex Lookout...	...and further up...	...until we reached...	...Port Douglas...	...and the wonderful...	...Hotel "Beaches"...
...the walkway...	...around the hotel...	...to the...	...very relaxing...	...pool...	......
...the living room...	...and...	...the kitchen...	...dinner...	...is being...	...served...
...relaxing...	...on the...	...balcony...	......	......	...view from...
...the balcony...	...and the resident Gekkos
My walk...	...from our hotel (on the left)...	...right around...	...Port Douglas...	...our hotel in the middle/right...	...and again a bit closer...	...up and...
...down Macrosan Street,...	...the main road in Port Douglas...
...We're off...	...to the Great...	...Barrier Reef...	......	...we arrive at Agincourt...	...for lunch and...
...helicopter rides...	......	......	......	......	......
......	......	......	...to admire...	...the Great...	...Barrier Reef...
...from the air...	......	...now back to ...	...the little boat...	...and the platform...	...for some serious...
...snorkelling...	......	......	......	...then onto the...	...the "Glassbottom" Boat...
...to explore...	...the Great...	...Barrier Reef...	...below the surface...	......	......
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......	......	......	...and past Captain Cook's...	...Low Islands...	...on the way back...
...Our trip up North...	...across the Daintree River...	...by car ferry...	......	......	...to the Rainforest...
...in the Cape Tribulation area...	...and here we have a rare Rainforest plant...	...and a refreshment area...	......	...and the "restrooms"...	......
...flying back...	...to Sydney