I hope so, we are going there soon. :)
Any good suggestions on what to do up there ?
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I hope so, we are going there soon. :)
Any good suggestions on what to do up there ?
Try not to get sun burnt. :D
When are you coming up?
I have to do an upgrade on an ATM there sometime soon, I can grab you a handful of brochures.
Reef & Rainforest are the important things to see.
How long are you staying?
Is it to be a quiet holiday or are you going to try to see the whole of FNQ in 3 days including all the adventure stuff?
:D We are going for 5 nights.
I'm under strict instructions.
1. No contact with or from work.
2. No contact with or from this forum
3. No internet access
4. No mobile phone
Other than that, I open to suggestions. :)
She wants a complete relaxing time, nice restaurants, buffet breakfast, tours, cruises, sightseeing stuff.
(while she's doing that, I'll be at a loose end :D )
Start here.
http://www.pddt.com.au/
You can do Low Isles & Mossman Gourge with the unwashed masses for a sample of the Reef & Rainforest.
There are heaps of restaraunts & they change all the time & I haven't stayed up there for about 3 years now.
When are you going?
If it is not in the next week, I can get you some info & post it down.
We did not particularly like PD - too much like the Gold Coast. Just made for tourists. The area around PD in interesting though. Like Cliff said, Mosman Gorge is quite nice, though popular with the tourist groups. Be prepared for the bus loads.
Thanks for the link. We are going from 20th - 25thQuote:
Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
I've been looking at diiferent sites but 5 days isn't long so I think we'll just do the reef and the forest, then chill out for a couple of days.
Maybe I'll go fishing. That would be good.
I see it's Carnivale Time too. I hope it's not too noisy.:wink:
I love Port Douglas. Been several times.
Don't miss breakfast with the birds. The birds are spectacular, and food is pretty good too.
Reef tours have gotten better, and there are several like the Quicksilver that go out a ways. Can't go there without seeing the reef of course.
Lots of rainforest tours and possibilities. Some of it easy (riding around in vans and boats), some more strenuous. Some lovely stuff up there, and I keep thinking what magnificent timber is all around you there.
The last time we went we noticed a definite improvement in quality of restaurants. Just wander around a bit and you'll have no trouble finding something nice and relaxing.
The fishing I did there was a bit disappointing. We only had a few hours, so ended up in a little skiff poking around the estuary. Interesting morning, lovely area, cool wildlife, saw a few crocs, snagged a ray, caught 1 small fish of some sort. Not a bad way to spend a morning, but not great fishing. Maybe it will be better when you're there.
I'm sure it will be lovely. BTW, mobile phones work fine there, internet connection can be a bit trickier. So just take your blackberry and do it all while she's shopping :wink:
Hope you have a great time, mate.
Tex
I'll get you some junk mail when I'm there either later this week or early next week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
Good plan, Gina was in travel for 9 years & we got all sorts of free or cheap trips to various places & we soon learned to pick a couple of things & enjoy them rather than try to see the entire country in a 3 day weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
I won't be much louder than normal but there will be more stuff happening which means there will be plenty of extra free stuff as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
Unfortunately, that will mean that there are more tourists in town too.
The Sunday markets down in the park on the waterfront are not too bad compared to some of the other markets we have up here.
It is not far to the Daintree where you can do more of the Rainforest & eco stuff, wild life, birds, crocs etc... there are some river cruises & you can get a river fishing trip there. In the Daintree village there is (I think it is still there) a craft shop with plenty of the local feral wood work. Good for ideas at least.
Thanks Cliff, appreciate the help.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
Sounds like a good plan, it's on the list.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tex B
G'day Gumby,
Head over to Dunk Island and take a walk in the shallows along the beach mainland side, there's lottsa sea cucumbers to step on. :2tsup:
Dunk Island is a bit of a hike from PD.... it is off Mission beach.
G'day Cliff,
:shrug:
All in a days drive around about the place.
It is 200K & about 2 & a half hours to Mission Beach from PD & then you have to get a water taxi.... major outing in my book.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waldo
G'day Cliff,Quote:
Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
Aw c'mon - it's worth it to walk allover those sea cuccumbers. :D
:shhh: I'm trying to keep the rubber necking Mexicans off the highway south of Cairns 'cos I have to use it more than the coast road North of Cairns. :whistling2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Waldo
Now, now. Where would your economy be without all us rubber necking Mexicans?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
Arriba, arriba!
Now don't get me wrong here..... I don't mind them spending money in the area... I just don't like having to line up behind them. :rolleyes: :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Tex B
Sooo, thats why you are going, make sure you wear the budgie smugglers so I can pick you out on tele. amongst all the other happy people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
Al :cool:
Mine are more like eagle smugglers. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ozwinner
This sort of eagle?
I agree that Dunk Island is worth visiting, but not from Port Douglas.
Rocker
Gumby, Gumby, Gumby.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
How many times do I have to tell you, it's ok to put a spare pair of socks down your togs, but for goodness sake, make sure they're down the
FRONT!!!! :oo: :oo:
P
:D :D :D
Note to file: "Mexicans" is a generic term used in Far North Queensland to describe anyone living south of Babinda.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
Close note.
P (A NQ boy who used to think that it was funny when living on the Gold Coast to be asked "how long have you been living up here?)
:D :D :D
Hartnetts crocodile farm.
Quicksilver reef tour to Agincourt reef. Pick a good day.
The River Train mangrove tour in Daintree.
The chair lift to Kuranda. I don't think the train is running yet. This is probably the best way to see rainforest.
Highly reccommend all the above.
Quote:
Originally Posted by bitingmidge
I don't want to look like a tourist.
I'm taking some cocnut oil, will shave my back, put on a sarong & thongs, not shower for 2 weeks before we go, buy a pink T shirt, stick an ear ring through my nose, have plenty of bum crack showing, queue up at the dole office on Thursady morning, and I'll look like I've been living there for years.:2tsup:
I can't see why that would be. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by bitingmidge
Brisbane to Melbourne 1,684.42 km 18 hours 21 mins
Brisbane to Babinba 1,648.41 km 18 hours 5 mins
Babinda to Bamaga 980.28 km 13 hours 19 min
PS. If you don't know where Babinda, Bamaga, &/or Brisbane are.... consider yourself Mexicano. :D
A sarong & thongs is wrong.... one or the other but not both. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
How long is it since you collected the dole. :oo:
1. there is no dole office.
2. if you don't have a bank account for them to put it in, you don't get it. :D
HARTLEY'S CREEK is the croc farm...Quote:
Originally Posted by
On the road between Cairns and Port Douglas.
Hey Gumby, if you don't want any yocals to know your a mexican, remember not to drink any water from the toilet bowl. We've heard mexicans do that. Theres plenty of water here, honest. We also have rain.
If Port Drugless, I mean Douglas, gets a bit boring, don't forget to check out the exciting Mossvegas, ahh, I mean Mossman ( http://www.mossvegas.com ) for some excitement. (But not after 5pm or on weekends, when its closed)
I'm off to Port tomorrow actualy. I suppose I should warn them your coming.
You'll have a good time here, theres plenty to do and see, just make sure you get out of Port, and just use it as your base and for afternoon drinks and dinner.
If you have any questions about the place, or what you'd like to do while your here, fire away and I'll see what I can find out.
.
Or you can go round the back with the wild pigs and search for some of the kitchen hands home grown:wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Waldo
The locals sleep on the streets. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Blocklayer
Its won't be too easy getting out and about in a short stay and the good lady really wants a relaxing time. Wine on the balcony at 5, long walks etc etc. but I hope to see a reasonable amount.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blocklayer
Thanks for the all input people. The croc farm is on the list too.
There are a lot of little country towns in the area around PD. Real people actually live in them. I find those types of towns a lot more interesting than PD type places. But maybe that's just me. :D
I could be biased though, as I was born in Cairns descended from a couple of families that had been there since the 1800's. If you're going to go fishing, do it on the reef if you can. The fishing's better and the things you'll catch taste a whole lot better than most things you'll catch in an estuary....
Beautiful place - went there as a backpacker about 7 years ago, although someone stole all my clothes out of the washing machine...
Hope you aren't referring to Julaten. :oo:Quote:
Originally Posted by Poppa
We think they all descended from Tasmanians. :p
Narh.... only joking... it is just that up here Julaten is to us what Tassie is to Aus. :D (Local joke... for the seppos, think West Vaginia.)
Yeap, s'long as it isn't blowing a sou'easter, it is not very relaxing laying berly trails around the reef.Quote:
Originally Posted by Poppa
When I have been to Cairns or Port Douglas I leave "the good lady" to do those things and I go scuba diving - it really is the experience of a lifetime. You could do a one day resort dive with Quicksilver even with no diving experience, and I think that you won't regret it.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
never been there but saw a pic of the place with mountains palm trees and tropical waters...
...TAKE ME WITH !
DON'T LEAVE ME HERE TO ROT IN THE POLUTION AND TRAFFIC...:hellno:
Post pic please :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by la Huerta
Port Douglas is a great place except I'd stay right away from it between the 20th and 25th.