The Great Barrier Reef which lies of the coast of Queensland and stretches from Hervey in the South to Torres Strait in the North and is approx 2300km in length. It starts a fair way off the coast at the southern end but comes closer to the coast as you travel north.
Port Douglas is located about 70 km north of Cairns. You can get there by either going over the Kuranda Range to Mareeba then along the Kennedy Hwy and back down the Rex range or just straight up the Captain Cook Hwy along the coastal drive. The markets are held each Sunday down by the river at the end of town.
We have finally arrived at Cairns Coconut Tourist Park our temporary home for the next 4 weeks. We have only been here 5 minutes and we are talking about extending already.
We were going to stay at Helensvale a few more days but they put the price up from $37.00 to $57.00 per night because of a boat show being held over the weekend. We decided it was time to leave.
Saying goodbye to Darlington Beach we headed up the Highway towards the Gold Coast. We call into Mclean for the night as the brochure said this town has Scottish Heritage and the coffee at Botero was suppose to be to die for.