Friday - our last day in Australia

We were able to have a little lie in this morning as no train, bus, boat to catch!

We finally left to drive to Port  Douglas about 10.00 and arrived there just in time for coffee.

After walking through the town, at 11.00, we decided most people were alcoholics as they were already on the  beers and we were still looking for coffee!

After walking around we found ourselves in a shopping mall which, fortunately, for us, backed onto the marina with a lovely view and a lovely coffee bar. We sat and enjoyed a really good flat white!

After coffee we had a walk around the town and decided Port Douglas was not the place for us and Cairns was much nicer.

We went to look at the church but couldn't go in as there was a wedding on but with so few guests I am sure they would have been happy to swell the numbers!

We then drove to the Flagstaff Hill lookout. The views were very good but not sure for how much longer as they are building right front of the view! Not my problem as I will never be here again - sadly!

We got back to the main highway and went to Mossman Gorge.  You needed to buy a ticket for the shuttle bus to take you to the gorge which we wanted to do but first of all we had our picnic lunch.

The bus trip was not long but too far to walk in the heat. It went up through an Aborigine community which looked very nice.

The walk through the gorge was partly on raised boardwalks above the forest floor and was really pretty. The loop track took us into the bus for an hour and was really lovely and so peaceful. Unfortunately, we didn't see any wildlife though I am not sure what we would have done had a snake or a cassowary come out of the bush!

We got the bus back and then got into the car and after a few shots of the sugar cane fields and the trains used to transport it we headed back to Cairns.

And still no kangaroos!!

We had just seen a sign which said beware of kangaroos and I said I thought they were just there for the tourists to take photos when we saw one dead on the road. I looked to my left and there were two fields with horses in them and they were full of wallabies!! At last!

We found our way round and were able to take some photos. It was quite amusing as all the wallabies were looking at us taking the photos!

We got back on the road and went home happy that at last we had seen them in the wild!

We had a cup of tea and I did most of the packing.

Jon went to the bbq area and started cooking our kangaroo kebabs which, in view of the fact that we had just been taking photos of them and now we were happy to eat them!! Cruel! They were very good though and they do have the Heart Foundation tick!

It has been really lovely sitting on our little deck for the last four nights and eating what we wanted and not having to choose from a menu. It has been, apart from the freedom campers, very peaceful and I would not have changed it for a five star hotel.

Really sad for this holiday to come to an end.

WEATHER
Sunny 29 degrees