Lucky enough to be able to sleep in as nothing was planned for the morning. As we lazed around at the table engrossed in food and our technology, Oliver decided he'd like to start hoovering the apartment, including the sink. Tradesman came in to fix the light and cistern and the boys went out to run some errands and buy some food for lunch. While they were out my head went so I lay down and read until the boys got back. We made lunch and headed off to the Mos...

After the crocodiles, we drove back to PD and dropped T at the chemist and then we went back to the apartment. D and I went to Coles to buy lunch and groceries. Last time we were at PD we saw a painting in an art gallery that has haunted us ever since with a sense of regret for not buying it. We went to look on the off chance; while there was something similar it didn't do it for either of us. After lunch and a relax we went across the road to Four Mile Beach a...

Another early morning to get to the Daintree in time to catch a crocodile. About 1 hour north of Port Douglas is Daintree Village There we booked a trip on Crocodile Express to search for crocs at low tide in the (relative) cool of the morning. We were lucky to get some good exposure and saw a 25 year old 3.5 meter croc as well as a smaller 1.5 meter one Our guide was Lex who grew up here on the Daintree

Up at 8am to have breakfast, pack and tidy up the bungalow for checkout at 10. Met Drew who owned the bungalow. Once packed we drove south and stopped at Cow Bay; there are supposed to be lots of cassowaries but we didn't see any. We did see a man with two dogs who were unrestrained despite signs to the contrary and the presence of two rangers. We stopped for ice cream at Floraville ( coffee and wattle seed , rhubarb. And vanilla) bought by Tom And then back t...

We woke early, breakfasted and made our way to the boardwalk cafe at cape tribulation for an 8am start. Oliver was adamant that he wasn't going to snorkel but was fitted for a stinger suit anyway. Twenty four of us walked down to Myall beach where we boarded a bright yellow inflatable Rib that took us out to the Mackay reef in under 30 mins. The sea was unusually flat and calm; perfect for snorkelling. On our first snorkel we had an opportunity to freely explo...