Once again this week was full of a lot of looking around and exploring. Seeing as I blogged about our little break up on the tablelands I don’t need to include that here. This week we did two long car trips, firstly up towards Port Douglas and secondly down to Babinda. Both are about 55kms away from where we are staying, in opposite directions. We also had a family photo-shoot at a beach and we can’t wait to see the results.
On Monday we got in the car and headed north. Our first stop was the Barron Gorge where we saw the hydro plant. It was quite hot so we were slathered in sunscreen. This is what we saw:
We drove down the road a little to Lake Placid. We weren’t that impressed but we were amused by a sign that said ‘kayaks for hire’ when the lake had ‘do not swim here, crocodile area’.
We took off towards Port Douglas but decided to have a look at Mossman first. We visited the town for lunch and then the Mossman Gorge. What a beautiful area, the rainforest there is quite different than other places we’ve been and they have a ice cold swimming area there:
We stopped off at Port Douglas after this before driving back.
Yesterday we spent some time at Clifton Beach having some photos taken. Its a gorgeous area although you can’t really swim at the beaches in Cairns due to the jellyfish (stingers) and sometimes the threat of crocodiles!
My hubby, Dad and brother.
After the photo-shoot was finished we all drove down to Babinda where the Babinda Boulders are. We didn’t realise just how hot it was until we got there. The boulder area is very pretty but I don’t think we all enjoyed it as much as we could have because of the heat and the march flies. However, once we figured out a safe place for the kids to swim we all cooled off as the water was once again, ice cold and beautiful!
Babinda Boulders
The rest of the week included doing piles of washing from our trip, a little shopping and a sleepover by my nephews. What a busy week! We have one week left here and I can’t believe the time has almost come to leave. I love being here, its so relaxing and revitalising. I’m not sure what this last week will bring but I do love living from day to day with very little planning!
