Judy & Brian Tour Oz

  Port Douglas Qld July 28th 2023 Turned out rather a nice day, no rain and lots of sunshine between cloudy bits. We went on the now rather lame Lady Douglas cruise up the Dickson Inlet. We’ve done this maybe four times before and I guess we’re just a bit over it.  They managed to find two small crocodiles, so they got a tick-in-the-box, but we probably won't bother again. Apart from anything else, the skipper kept banging on about how crocodiles only eat once or twice a year, which I'm sure is just plain wrong. Research shows that a crocodile can last for up to three years without a feed, they normally feed on ‘snacks’ every few days. Baby saltwater crocodile, maybe 60cm long. Dickson Inlet Port Douglas Qld The marina is looking tired an unloved. Today we hear that it was bought a few years back by some billionaire who wanted to pull it down and build two, yes two, huge hotels on the site. So, all the tenants closed their businesses and left and the builders started pulli...

 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 we...