Port Douglas Day 2

Woke at the top of the lookout hill to watch the sunrise. Actually I had already woken up parched searching for water… at 6:30am some young revellers who I recognised from the pub last night, arrived to continue their party at the top of the hill. They hadn’t been to bed yet. We listened to some good music really loud and then decided to descend back to our park by the beach and get a good spot for the day. Wayne and Sharon had mentioned there were good markets on today so we grabbed a good parking spot back by the beach and next to where the markets were. We headed on down, hang overs and all and wandered around aimlessly for some time. It was a fantastic market. It was enormous. Not much food, which was a shame, but there were some interesting stalls like a bicycle driven cane stalk crusher, that made lemonade, lots of insect repellents – which we are finding we need here – with all the midges and sandflies… It was so much to take in, but was too unwell to enjoy it.

Steve decided to go kayaking and take Midget, so I stayed in the van for a lie down. I awoke to a didgeridoo player busking right behind the van with a huge amp. Luckily he was really good, but I couldn’t sleep, but I had stopped feeling sick, now I just had the headache to deal with. Wandered back through the markets. It had now gotten a lot more busy and there were cars parked everywhere! Had some lunch and returned. Wayne and Sharon were back for a nana nap and Steve retuned to drop Midget off, after he went up the river and saw the tail end of a large saltie. He said the diameter of the tail was huge and enough to make him turn about and take crocbait back to the van and safely out of harms way! He decided at that point he didn’t want to see a croc again!

Steve suggested a hair of the dog so we went to the sunset bar and had a nice dinner. He also said that you had to keep your fluids up in the Tropics, so it was a must. Not being one to want to disappoint, I had to agree! Sipping Margaritas’ and daiquiris’ we munched on beer and herb batted reef fish and chips and seafood linguini – which was very hard to take. The waitress (a vet nurse by day) came and gave Midget the once over and said she needs a bone, but went back to the restaurant and came back with two king prawns on a plate for her. Talk about spoilt!