Today we went for a long drive to explore some of the recommended sights out of Cairns.
We stopped briefly at some of the suburban beaches. They are nice but not great. The sand wasn’t golden and the sea wasn’t quite blue or green; but somehow the pictures look better than the reality. Having said that, I’d be more than happy to have it in front of my house!
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- A Cairns suburban beach.
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- A Cairns suburban beach.
Palm Cove (where we would have stayed had it not been for the great hotel deal closer to Cairns) was lovely. It had a waterfront shaded with many trees and many homes were oozing with character.
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- Palm Cove has plenty of character.
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- Palm Cove has plenty of character.
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- Palm Cove has plenty of character.
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- Another property with style.
We didn’t think that much of Port Douglas. What we saw were characterless homes or holiday homes dotted with resorts. If did have a very nice beach called Four Mile Beach.
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- On the way to Port Douglas.
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- Port Douglas marina.
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- Port Douglas has plenty of eateries but doesn’t have the atmosphere of Palm Cove … my view anyway.
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- Four mile beach at Port Douglas. Nice.
We then made our way to the Daintree National Park. Because I grew up in rainforest country, there wasn’t any novelty or discovery factor in it for me. On the way back, we called at Mossman Gorge where it was a bit too cold for a dip.
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- Daintree National Park.
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- Daintree National Park.
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- Mossman Gorge.
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- Too cool for most to dip at Mossman Gorge.
