Time for birthday celebrations!!! Port Douglas - a great birthday destination! After breakfast in a fantastic cafe in Cairns (couldn't face breakfast in the van park on my birthday) and a relaxing morning at the lagoon pool, we headed up the coast to Port Douglas for a night of luxury - special treat for my birthday!!! Craig had managed to arrange a deal for us at the Rydges property in Port Douglas (thank you) - it has just been done up and we had a fantastic one bedroom apartment overlooking the pool. So lovely and we all felt very decadent lounging by the pool and lying in bed watching TV - just slightly different to the trailer we have been living in for the last 2 1/2 months!!! We all very quickly adapted to resort mode and despite our lack of resort attire had a fantastic time - so good in fact that we ended up staying an extra night! We just couldn't drag ourselves away from the resort pool and the thought of setting up the trailer again was less than tempting...
Went out for dinner at a very groovy tapas/pizza bar followed by cane toad racing at the pub - what an experience! Will managed to score a lucky ticket for the races and was allocated a toad that went by the name of Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! I stepped up to help - big mistake.... Will suddenly became all shy and I had to take over. This involved fishing out Aussie, Aussie, Aussie from a bucket, giving him a kiss (unbelievably gross) and shouting Aussie, Aussie, Aussie to the audience so they could all reply Oi, Oi, Oi!!! The boys and Michael of course found this hysterical and had I known what was involved I would have sent Michael up to help. Our toad ended up winning and we know have a lovely stuffed cane toad leg as a souvenir - to be treasured forever!!!
Went out for dinner at a very groovy tapas/pizza bar followed by cane toad racing at the pub - what an experience! Will managed to score a lucky ticket for the races and was allocated a toad that went by the name of Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! I stepped up to help - big mistake.... Will suddenly became all shy and I had to take over. This involved fishing out Aussie, Aussie, Aussie from a bucket, giving him a kiss (unbelievably gross) and shouting Aussie, Aussie, Aussie to the audience so they could all reply Oi, Oi, Oi!!! The boys and Michael of course found this hysterical and had I known what was involved I would have sent Michael up to help. Our toad ended up winning and we know have a lovely stuffed cane toad leg as a souvenir - to be treasured forever!!!
A quick stopover at Mission Beach for one night - the boys spent a lot of time trying to crack open coconuts! They managed to expend a huge amount of energy with no return....
Sunset was incredible and we were staying in a campsite right on the beach with an amazing view (and a less than amazing amenities block!)
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