Is Port Douglas a nice place ? [Archive]

Cliff Rogers

8th May 2007, 02:16 PM

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?

Gumby

8th May 2007, 02:24 PM

Cliff Rogers

8th May 2007, 02:30 PM

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.

BobR

8th May 2007, 02:43 PM

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.

Gumby

8th May 2007, 02:49 PM

When are you going?
If it is not in the next week, I can get you some info & post it down.

Thanks for the link. We are going from 20th - 25th

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:

Tex B

8th May 2007, 03:17 PM

I love Port Douglas. Been several times.

Don't miss breakfast with the birds (http://www.rainforesthabitat.com.au/attractions.html). 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

Cliff Rogers

8th May 2007, 03:26 PM

Thanks for the link. We are going from 20th - 25th
I'll get you some junk mail when I'm there either later this week or early next week.

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.

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.

I see it's Carnivale Time too. I hope it's not too noisy.:wink:
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.
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.

Gumby

8th May 2007, 03:45 PM

I'll get you some junk mail when I'm there either later this week or early next week.

Thanks Cliff, appreciate the help.

.

Don't miss breakfast with the birds (http://www.rainforesthabitat.com.au/attractions.html). The birds are spectacular, and food is pretty good too.

Sounds like a good plan, it's on the list.:)

Waldo

8th May 2007, 04:35 PM

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:

Cliff Rogers

8th May 2007, 04:41 PM

Dunk Island is a bit of a hike from PD.... it is off Mission beach.

Waldo

8th May 2007, 04:43 PM

G'day Cliff,

:shrug:

All in a days drive around about the place.

Cliff Rogers

8th May 2007, 04:46 PM

...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.

Waldo

8th May 2007, 04:48 PM

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.

G'day Cliff,

Aw c'mon - it's worth it to walk allover those sea cuccumbers. :D

Cliff Rogers

8th May 2007, 05:00 PM

....Aw c'mon - ....
: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:

Tex B

8th May 2007, 05:44 PM

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.

Now, now. Where would your economy be without all us rubber necking Mexicans?

Arriba, arriba!

Cliff Rogers

8th May 2007, 05:48 PM

Now, now. Where would your economy be without all us rubber necking Mexicans?

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: :p

ozwinner

8th May 2007, 06:12 PM

I see it's Carnivale Time too. I hope it's not too noisy.:wink:

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.

Al :cool:

Gumby

8th May 2007, 06:18 PM

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.

Al :cool:

Mine are more like eagle smugglers. :D

Cliff Rogers

8th May 2007, 06:32 PM

This sort of eagle (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2d/Turkey_chick.JPG/800px-Turkey_chick.JPG)?

Rocker

8th May 2007, 06:33 PM

I agree that Dunk Island is worth visiting, but not from Port Douglas.

Rocker

bitingmidge

8th May 2007, 06:39 PM

Mine are more like eagle smugglers. :D

Gumby, Gumby, 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

bitingmidge

8th May 2007, 07:12 PM

: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:

Note to file: "Mexicans" is a generic term used in Far North Queensland to describe anyone living south of Babinda.

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

RETIRED

8th May 2007, 07:15 PM

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.

Gumby

8th May 2007, 07:18 PM

Note to file: "Mexicans" is a generic term used in Far North Queensland to describe anyone living south of Babinda.

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:

Cliff Rogers

8th May 2007, 07:20 PM

"Mexicans" is a generic term used in Far North Queensland to describe anyone living south of Babinda....

I can't see why that would be. :rolleyes:

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

Cliff Rogers

8th May 2007, 07:29 PM

...put on a sarong & thongs, ..... queue up at the dole office on Thursady morning, and I'll look like I've been living there for years.:2tsup:

A sarong & thongs is wrong.... one or the other but not both. :rolleyes:
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

Cliff Rogers

8th May 2007, 07:36 PM

Hartnetts crocodile farm.....
HARTLEY'S CREEK (http://www.cairnsattractions.com/a_hartleys-creek-crocodile-farm.html)is the croc farm...

On the road between Cairns and Port Douglas.

Blocklayer

8th May 2007, 07:40 PM

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.
.

Lignum

8th May 2007, 07:42 PM

G'day Gumby,

Head over to Dunk Island and take a walk in the shallows along the beach mainland side, . :2tsup:

Or you can go round the back with the wild pigs and search for some of the kitchen hands home grown:wink:

Cliff Rogers

8th May 2007, 07:51 PM

..... (But not after 5pm or on weekends, when its closed) ......
The locals sleep on the streets. :D

Gumby

8th May 2007, 08:28 PM

, just make sure you get out of Port, and just use it as your base and for afternoon drinks and dinner.
.

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.

Thanks for the all input people. The croc farm is on the list too.

Poppa

8th May 2007, 10:12 PM

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....

rhancock

8th May 2007, 10:15 PM

Beautiful place - went there as a backpacker about 7 years ago, although someone stole all my clothes out of the washing machine...

Cliff Rogers

8th May 2007, 10:53 PM

...little country towns in the area around PD. Real people actually live in them........
Hope you aren't referring to Julaten. :oo:
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 (http://www.woodworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=10990&d=1122347601).)

....... 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....
Yeap, s'long as it isn't blowing a sou'easter, it is not very relaxing laying berly trails around the reef.

W.Lill

8th May 2007, 11:14 PM

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.

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.:)

la Huerta

8th May 2007, 11:25 PM

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:

Gumby

8th May 2007, 11:26 PM

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:

Cliff Rogers

9th May 2007, 12:04 AM

Pictures here (http://www.downunderonline.com/Australia_Holiday_4_Mile_Beach.htm)...
There is even a live web cam here (http://www.downunderonline.com/Port_Douglas_Australia_ONLINE.htm)... updates evry 20 seconds, you can't see much at present. :D

Grunt

9th May 2007, 12:15 AM

Port Douglas is a great place except I'd stay right away from it between the 20th and 25th.

bulldog

9th May 2007, 12:49 AM

When I lived up in Cairns (approx 7 years - 1997-2004) the best part of going to PD was the drive up. Really nice scenery on a beautiful clear day if you are thinking of hiring a car. Look out for the Palm trees that apparently that DH Christopher Skase planted on the long drive into PD when he was develping up there (can't think of the name of the road but it is the main drag into PD from the CC HWY) apparently they cost $1,000 each, maybe a furfy, maybe Cliff can shed more light on this.

Cliff Rogers

9th May 2007, 01:15 AM

... maybe Cliff can shed more light on this.
Yeap, Skasey put them & a few other things into PD... some of the locals there reckon he made PD what it is today.
I don't know what they cost but the rumour is that he (or the person given the project) couldn't find big mature palms so they bought an oil palm plantation & relocated them.
I reckon it is more likely to have cost about a $1000 each to move them.

bulldog

9th May 2007, 01:54 AM

well he sucked the fun out the place then IMHO, there really isn't that much there that appealed to me. By the way did they ever build the McDonalds up there? I remember the locals all went ballistic over the concept. Gumby's gotta eat somewhere when the missus is shopping. :doh:

RETIRED

9th May 2007, 08:14 AM

HARTLEY'S CREEK (http://www.cairnsattractions.com/a_hartleys-creek-crocodile-farm.html)is the croc farm...

On the road between Cairns and Port Douglas.oops. :- Thanks Cliff. No matter what the name, tis a great place.

ptc

9th May 2007, 11:52 AM

I used to go there 5 times a year.for about 8 years.
Sorry give me Stanley in tassy.

Poppa

9th May 2007, 03:00 PM

Hope you aren't referring to Julaten. :oo:

Actually Cliff, my Dad was born in Julaten. He lived on a cattle station way up north for a while (this was owned at different stages by Dad's Dad's family and by Dad's Mum's family before there was that connection), lived in Herberton and Mareeba, then Cairns. Mum born in Chillagoe and grew up in Cairns. Lots of history for me up there.

Gingermick

9th May 2007, 03:59 PM

The fishing's better and the things you'll catch taste a whole lot better than most things you'll catch in an estuary....

Except for a good pan sized Jack.

AlexS

9th May 2007, 10:42 PM

Actually Cliff, my Dad was born in Julaten. He lived on a cattle station way up north for a while (this was owned at different stages by Dad's Dad's family and by Dad's Mum's family before there was that connection), lived in Herberton and Mareeba, then Cairns. Mum born in Chillagoe and grew up in Cairns. Lots of history for me up there.

Poppa, our fathers probably knew each other. My father worked at Tate tin mines in the 1930s and I still have his and his brother's RAOB lodge certificates from Julatten. Grandfather was a tin buyer in Herberton & knew John Newell. I was born in Cairns, lived in Mt. Mulligan & was able to take my daughter & her husband there last year & found the remains of our old house.

Sorry about derailing the thread. :rolleyes:

Cliff Rogers

10th May 2007, 12:06 AM

.....Dad was born in Julaten. .....
No Tassie ancestors? :cl:

Poppa

10th May 2007, 02:43 PM

Poppa, our fathers probably knew each other. My father worked at Tate tin mines in the 1930s and I still have his and his brother's RAOB lodge certificates from Julatten. Grandfather was a tin buyer in Herberton & knew John Newell. I was born in Cairns, lived in Mt. Mulligan & was able to take my daughter & her husband there last year & found the remains of our old house.

Sorry about derailing the thread. :rolleyes:

It's possible Alex, but my Dad was born in 1940. More likely that my Grandfather knew your father. Dad's father's family owned Curraghmore cattle station many moons ago (there is a creek on the property with our family name), and when Dad was a boy it was owned by his mother's family up until the late 1940's. Might not be called that anymore.... My grandfather was a shop keeper in Julatten I think, and when they moved to Cairns he became a life assurance agent (one of the old-fashioned ones that helped people a lot), and serviced all of the country areas in the far north that he knew so well. When I was a young boy my Dad joined the same life assurance company and we used to drive to Coen once a year to the races, where Dad would catch up with customers and old mates from his youth. Amazing to look back on it now. My Dad's Mum has her picture in the Herberton museum - her netball team is pictured (I have a photo of this).

If your family has a history up there you (or your family) might also know my other grandfather - Dr Charles Knott. For many years he delivered most of the population of the area and was the only surgeon for miles around. He practiced in Cairns into his 70's and died in the 1980's, after a long and (very!) colourful life.

Anyway, sorry for the thread highjack - I'll stop now.:-

And Cliff - no.

Gumby

17th May 2007, 06:47 PM

Well, I got some brochures in the mail today so a BIG thanks to Cliff for sending them down. It's muchly appreciated. :)

He also sent some a sample of some kind of woven grass so, thinking I might as well get into the swing of things and get into Nth Qld mode, ready for the trip on Sunday, I duly rolled the grass up, lit the end and sat on the back deck looking at the hills. Bloody hell, the thing lit up a bit fast and I burnt my nose. :((

Cliff Rogers

17th May 2007, 07:01 PM

Gumby

17th May 2007, 07:07 PM

Ummm..... they were red cedar shavings soaked in 1990 James Haselgrove Mclaren Vale Shiraz ya peasant... :rolleyes:
You were supposed to sniff them, not smoke them. :D

PS. If you search through the stuff carefully there is a Wren Timbers flyer stuck in there somewhere. :wink:

ooops, just trying to be a local
:- I thought you all smoked grass up there:-

If you are in PD next week, and see a bald guy in the main street with a bandaged shnoz, that's me. :wink:

Rocker

17th May 2007, 07:14 PM

Gumby,

Back in the early 1970's, there were lots of sand dunes and not many people at Port Douglas; so it was an ideal place to take your girl friend or newly-wed wife for open-air fun and games. Unfortunately, Tony Scase changed all that, but I am sure you will still have a fun time there.

Rocker

Cliff Rogers

17th May 2007, 07:16 PM

...Unfortunately, Tony Scase changed all that, ...
Christopher Scase, not Tony....:rolleyes: How quickly we forget. :D

Gumby

17th May 2007, 07:20 PM

Back in the early 1970's, there were lots of sand dunes and not many people at Port Douglas; so it was an ideal place to take your girl friend or newly-wed wife for open-air fun and games.

Well, my girlfriend couldn't get off work so it's just me and the wife. :wink:

But I'm sure we'll enjoy it anyhow. :)

Rocker

17th May 2007, 08:00 PM

Christopher Scase, not Tony....:rolleyes: How quickly we forget. :D

Christopher, schmistopher; ah well, the long-term memory is starting to go too:((

Rocker

Cliff Rogers

17th May 2007, 09:19 PM

TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION BULLETIN
For 4 pm EST on Thursday the 17th of May 2007

At 4 pm EST Thursday, Tropical Cyclone Pierre [Category 1] with central pressure 994 hPa was located over the Solomon Sea near latitude 10.6 south, longitude 156.3 east, which is 1400 kilometres east of Lockhart River. The cyclone is moving west at about 6 kilometres per hour and should maintain a similar track and gradually intensify over the next 24 hours.

Cyclone Pierre is not expected to influence Queensland's weather in the next few days.

Bugger. :cool:

Gumby

17th May 2007, 09:31 PM

Blocklayer

17th May 2007, 09:38 PM

Tropical cyclones are fun.
Just like the tsunami we had a few weeks ago.
I reckon I'm the only person that ever saw that tsunami.
At the time they said it would hit us (if it did), I went to the beach (across the road) and for an hour watched every single wave that came in.
Surely one of them must have been the tsunami

Grunt

17th May 2007, 10:03 PM

It's coming to get you Gumby.

Grunt

17th May 2007, 10:05 PM

Isn't it a bit late in the year for cyclones?

journeyman Mick

18th May 2007, 12:04 AM

Isn't it a bit late in the year for cyclones?

Yep, and it's not supposed to rain much, if at all, in winter but it did most of last year and it hasn't really dried out yet this year either. I blame day light saving and the faded curtains myself (there, that should keep you southerners happy for a bit :p )

Mick

Waldo

18th May 2007, 09:02 AM

Well, my girlfriend couldn't get off work so it's just me and the wife. :wink:

But I'm sure we'll enjoy it anyhow. :)

G'day Gumby,

Don't worry I'll take good care of her. Kylie's staying at my place for the week. :2tsup:

Gumby

18th May 2007, 09:24 AM

2 more sleeps. :)

ozwinner

18th May 2007, 09:34 AM

Is Port Douglas a nice place ?

It will be for 2 more sleeps.

Al :U

MurrayD99

18th May 2007, 10:04 AM

: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 )

Perhaps there is woodwork shop in Pt Douglas. That is not excluded (yet).:D

Grunt

18th May 2007, 12:09 PM

2 more sleeps. :)

I didn't think you slept any more.

Cliff Rogers

18th May 2007, 01:00 PM

Perhaps there is woodwork shop in Pt Douglas. That is not excluded (yet).:D
There is a feral craft shop in the Daintree Village that has some woodwork to look at. :2tsup:

Cliff Rogers

18th May 2007, 01:08 PM

...2. No contact with or from this forum
....(while she's doing that, I'll be at a loose end :D )

If you don't want to run into this bloke (http://www.woodworkforums.com/image.php?u=1060&dateline=1068693285), don't be in the Central Hotel around lunch time on Monday 'cos I have an ATM to fix in there.
I'll be arriving mid morning & the job will take an hour or 2 so I'll stay for lunch. :shhh:

Gumby

18th May 2007, 01:54 PM

If you don't want to run into this bloke (http://www.woodworkforums.com/image.php?u=1060&dateline=1068693285), don't be in the Central Hotel around lunch time on Monday 'cos I have an ATM to fix in there.
I'll be arriving mid morning & the job will take an hour or 2 so I'll stay for lunch. :shhh:

Diary is marked. 'Avoid Central Hotel Monday'. :D

Disston

18th May 2007, 03:16 PM

If you feel like a day's drive through the Atherton Tablelands you could try the Tolga Woodworks

http://www.tablelands.org/tolga.html

Poppa

18th May 2007, 04:27 PM

What are we doing calling a tropical cyclone "Pierre"??? What's the world coming to!!!

Waldo

18th May 2007, 04:29 PM

What are we doing calling a tropical cyclone "Pierre"??? What's the world coming to!!!

G'day,

Not very Code like :no: Sounds like some fairy must've named it. Cliff? :o

Cliff Rogers

18th May 2007, 04:31 PM

G'day,

Not very Code like :no: Sounds like some fairy must've named it. Cliff? :o
:ohyou:

womble

18th May 2007, 07:41 PM

What are we doing calling a tropical cyclone "Pierre"??? What's the world coming to!!!

like anything french it will give up and run away :2tsup:

Gumby

18th May 2007, 08:28 PM

like anything french it will give up and run away :2tsup:
and it is....:D

Has there ever been a Cyclone John ?

What about they get into the 2000's and go with some of the weird names babies are getting these days.

Grunt

18th May 2007, 09:05 PM

Cyclone John (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/565671.stm)

Gumby

18th May 2007, 09:10 PM

Cyclone John (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/565671.stm)

What about this one. More your type I'd say.:)

Grunt

18th May 2007, 09:20 PM

I don't know, you voted for him.

Studley 2436

18th May 2007, 09:27 PM

: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 )
Play some golf go out see the reef, try going in a glass bottom boat or snorkelling/scuba swimming on the reef. Go and do some fishing there is plenty of good fishing up that way.

Studley

AlexS

18th May 2007, 10:33 PM

Didn't see a woodwork shop there, but on the high side of the main drag, on a corner at the eastern end, there's an art gallery that had a couple of nice pieces of woodwork when I was there a year ago.

Or you could just go to the Central Hotel for lunch, & see if Cliff wood work.

And this Pierre? Sounds like a bit of a chap.:;

Cliff Rogers

19th May 2007, 10:43 AM

...on the high side of the main drag, on a corner at the eastern end, there's an art gallery.....
Is that near the Commonwealth Bank? :?

...... go to the Central Hotel for lunch, & see if Cliff wood work.
I wooden count on it. :D
I was supposed to pick up the parts in Cairns last night & they were there so I'll have to go back to Cairns Monday Morning to get them.... lunch might be a bit late now :rolleyes:

...And this Pierre? Sounds like a bit of a chap.:;
Fizzer. :cool:

Gumby

19th May 2007, 11:09 AM

Is that near the Commonwealth Bank? :?

I wooden count on it. :D
I was supposed to pick up the parts in Cairns last night & they were there so I'll have to go back to Cairns Monday Morning to get them.... lunch might be a bit late now :rolleyes:

Fizzer. :cool:

one more sleep :)

Please do not report any plasticine sitings in FNQ. :wink:

Checked in online, seat 6F - window. :)

Cliff Rogers

19th May 2007, 01:54 PM

...Please do not report any plasticine sitings in FNQ. :wink: ....

Not even if I step in it & have to scrape it off my boot. :shutup1: :2tsup:

AlexS

19th May 2007, 07:05 PM

Is that near the Commonwealth Bank? :?

Don't know. The road runs uphill from the main drag, and you go into the gallery from the side street - it's above the shop on the corner.

Cliff Rogers

20th May 2007, 10:31 AM

I'll have a look for it tomorrow.

bitingmidge

20th May 2007, 11:53 AM

Please do not report any plasticine sitings in FNQ. :wink:
yeah well, we're a wake-up to all these false alarms.

I'm sure I saw a placticine man on the esplanade at Mooloolaba this morning, and I checked with the airline, and there was definitely a seat 6F on the plane coming in yesterday! I reckon he's been laying down a carefully prepared smoke trail! :oo:

Cheers,

P
:D :D :D

Gumby

26th May 2007, 12:49 PM

I'm Baaaaack ! :)

Today is the first time I've seen the sun since last Tuesday :rolleyes:

It's nice to be home in good ol' Melb.

Rocker

26th May 2007, 12:56 PM

Cliff Rogers

26th May 2007, 01:13 PM

I has been a bit wet. :rolleyes:

Hope you didn't go mouldy. :D

Gumby

26th May 2007, 01:22 PM

Gumby,

This is not good enough; we need to know whether there are still any sand dunes left in Port Douglas; whether you saw a crocodile or a cassowary; whether you were seasick on the way out to the reef, and so on.

Rocker

I was seasick ON the reef ! :(

I went scuba diving and barfed 20 feet below the surface. Mate, that's not a pretty site but at least I took the regulator out first. :-

We did the all tourist things.

Croc farm (just me 'cos she hates crocs).

Sky rail and train ride back.

Daintree Tour inc a private walk through virgin forest at Noah's Creek (private property and untouched)

Cape Tribulation (why would you bother - its was wet and windy)

Outer Reef on Aristocat (see above :() but the reef is magnificent and the fish :2tsup:

Fabulous accommodation, right at the end of the main street and opposite the beach. That meant we could just walk around the corner and we were in town but it was nice and quiet there too. In fact it's a great time to go, just before peak season. All the tours were only about 50% booked so we had lots of room to move around etc.

Bacon and eggs every morning, restaurant and a bottle of wine every night, warm but cloudy, what more could you want. It was great.

We were on the reef all day Monday so didn't get a chance to catch Cliff unfortunately (or not, as the case may be :D)

Gumby

26th May 2007, 01:25 PM

I has been a bit wet. :rolleyes:

Hope you didn't go mouldy. :D

Not really. It rained every night but only for the last day and a half during the day. Not too bad, although we couldn't see much coming down on the train. It was cloud all the way.

Pokey

26th May 2007, 02:23 PM

I for one am really glad to be back. 5 days stuck with Gumby without a break. My god Gumby has a voracious appetite. I'm going to be sore for weeks.

Cliff Rogers

26th May 2007, 02:54 PM

... barfed 20 feet below the surface. Mate, that's not a pretty site ....
Brings the fish in.... :D

... We were on the reef all day Monday so didn't get a chance to catch Cliff unfortunately (or not, as the case may be :D)
Did you stick your head into the Central for a look around?

Which restaraunts can you recommend?

Gumby

26th May 2007, 05:17 PM

Did you stick your head into the Central for a look around?

No, it's a young person's place. Although I think there must have been a Willy Nelson look-a-like competition going on somewhere. :D Maybe it was part of Carnivale week.

Which restaraunts can you recommend?

Nautilus was really nice but not cheap. We set a match to $260 :rolleyes:

The Combine Club is pretty good for a cheap feed. I liked 'On the Inlet'. Nice food.
I think the best value for money and really nice food was at Zeus. I had the best baby octopus there...yum.