Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Port Douglas


After meeting our oldest daughter in Cairns on the 10th of June, the third day of our Australian trip and spending that day with her in Atherton Tablelands, we traveled that evening to Port Douglas, an hour north of Cairns, where we had accommodations booked near Four Mile Beach.  We would be meeting several other family members on the 12th and Port Douglas would be our home for the next week while we explored the area and enjoyed family time together.

The accommodations we had were first class and we had some notable meals in Port Douglas at Salsa, at the Tin Shed and at 2 Fish, though we also cooked for ourselves.  The food in Australia, whether at classy restaurants or simpler cafes was uniformly outstanding and the coffee and wine, too, were superb, but the beer was lousy.  We thought we had good coffee here in Washington, but Australia has us beat by a long ways.

Mandalay Luxury Apartments










 sunrises at Four Mile Beach
















 Jessica writing love notes to her husband and children


the kids


 Four Mile Beach



 Coconut Palms
(we collected one and opened and ate it)



windsurfers



 Sand Bubbler Crab and his sand balls




Tropical Rock Crabs at Four Mile Beach



 north end of Four Mile Beach and viewpoint



 Coconut Palms


Fan Palm


 more palms



sprouting coconut


Mangrove roots


 Casuarina species (I think)


Pandanus fruit
 

 unknown tropical fruit


leaves



 walking the pet goose


 meditating


Salsa restaurant
mountain  pepper rubbed kangaroo, apricot flapjack, tomato marmalade


mango drink


rice crusted wild barramundi, green pawpaw, peanuts, coconut water carmel


 plate signed by Bill Clinton on Sept. 11, 2001
(he was in the restaurant that day)


2 comments:

Fizgig said...

Wonderful series! Especially like the sunrise shots.... Spectacular =)

Ron said...

Thanks, Fizzie.