Port Douglas, Qld 4 Aug 2022
Today is the day. Pack the backpack with least minute 'must haves', close the van up and move it to the storage area, call a cab and off we go!
All the way to the Shangri La hotel in Cairns where we waited for the tour bus to turn up. Meanwhile, the last tour's passengers were just drifting out and on their way and a few other new tour people turned up and joined us.
We had to either do a RAT or show an Exemption Certificate due to having had covid recently and away we went, All the way to the next hotel, and the next. Some poor sod failed the RAT and had to abandon, stuck in the Rydges Hotel room for 7 days.
A couple seemed to have gone missing but turned back around at the Rydges, so we picked them up and made it across to the airport to get our last couple. Good thing for all of us is that we are now 16 instead of 22 which should make for a more comfortable bus ride.
We travelled up to Port Douglas and were taken right into town where we were to get our own lunch and meet back at 3pm. Lunch for us was a no-brainer, bucket of prawns and garlic bread at the Court House Hotel right across the road. Followed by an icecream of course from further along the main street.
Finally we made it back to our hotel for the night, the Sheraton Mirage Resort (Chris Skase's folly). It is huge, like 10,000 rooms or so and buses lining up out the front to disgorge a throng of patrons. after a short wait where they thoughtfully provided a glass or champagne or beer, we found our way to our room in block 5. Its a nice room, but the lure of the huge lagoon pool was calling and we went on down for a swim. The pool basically is 9 pools but look like they are all one pool and surround the entire complex. The water is pumped in from the ocean and filtered, so it is salt and a pleasant temperature. Very refreshing.
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| Sheraton Mirage, Port Douglas Qld |
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