Peninsula-riffic Paradise

  Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia
Wednesday, October 1, 2008

We arrived in Port Douglas today, bright and early! The drive from Cooktown whizzed by! We had to drive over that bloody Mt. Molloy again though - I think it's impossible not to feel a bit (if not a LOT) queasy on that twisting, turning road. Blech!
 

Anyway, we were all set up and fed lunch with plenty of time to go for a swim before heading out for a stroll down Macrossan Street, Pt. Doug's main stretch. What a town! It's out on the end of a peninsula (a narrow one at that) so it's surrounded by beach on both sides! Macrossan Street has beach at both ends - it's brilliant. 
 


It's the perfect little tourist hotspot. Dozens of quaint little shops, galleries and trendy eateries; and all the streets are beautifully landscaped with various tropical plants and trees that I just can't get enough of! And then there are the never-ending resorts and holiday apartments, dripping with luxurious tropical charm. I admit, I'm a sucker for places like this, but I'm not gonna fight it ;)