October13,
2013: PORT DOUGLAS
After
breakfast we spent the morning by the pool reading and playing video games.
Talked with two ladies visiting from Germany. I walked onto the beach but there
was not a lot to see. The resort has allowed the trees and foliage to form a
barrier between the buildings and the beach. Few people were walking along the
shoreline. Coarse sand and bleached pebbles and shattered coconuts were
everywhere.
Later we
drove to the port to make reservations for the Great Barrier Reef on Tuesday.
Set up a trip with Quicksilver tours that will take us out 90 minutes to the
outer reef called Agincourt Reef. There is a huge pontoon platform there where
we can snorkel from. There is also a semi- submersible, restaurant for lunch
and viewing platforms.
We then drove
to town where we visited an oceanside Sunday market that was in the process of closing. A lot of pottery,
beads, and tarot card readers. We learned there would be another market nearer
the port on Wednesday.
Once back at
the resort we spent some time by the pool. Later we watched a movie in our
room.
October 14,
2013: PORT DOUGLAS
The day broke
much sunnier than the one before, so after breakfast we walked to the pool
area. We swam and read until about 2 PM then we drove to Mossman and walked
through the Daintree rain forest to see Mossman Gorge. A sign at the start of
the trail showed that at certain times of the day, bats swoop down to catch and
eat the large spiders that inhabit the forest. This was enough for me to cancel
the walk, but we proceeded walking on an elevated metal path that took us
through the jungle at a height of ten or twenty feet until we came to a viewing
platform near a rocky stream where a number of people were swimming in the
pools formed by the boulders. Apparently during the rainy season the stream can
be filled with deeper and faster running water so there are plenty of signs
warning swimmers to be careful.
After our
walk in Mossman we drove back to Port Douglas proper and visited a few shops
then bought some breakfast items for the next day as we were sailing to the
Great Barrier Reef.
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