Today is important for two reasons.....it is St Andrews Day, patron saint of Scotland and celebrated by Janice for her quarter Scottishness. A quarter Scottish is probably enough to get in the Scottish football or rugby team, not that I am saying that Janice could get in either! Maybe netball or curling! It is also an important day because we are moving on from Manly and flying up to Cairns. It doesn't seem far on the map but it is over a two hour flight, certainly a couple of thousand miles.
The flight was full and was a bit more cramped than a long haul flight. We went with Tigerair, a budget company. I couldn't complain it's just that I could hardly move my legs for most of the flight but the leg room is no different from Easyjet or Ryanair, it is just sufferable for a short time. The views of the Aussie coast were pretty good throughout the journey.
On arrival at Cairns we got a shuttle to a place called Port Douglas. It's about an hour north of Cairns and is a place that Janice visited on her previous visit about 8 years ago. We chose it because it was more scenic than Cairns itself and we could still get Great Barrier Reef trips direct from the resort instead of going back to Cairns.
We had booked a self catering apartment in the centre for 6 nights. The apartments are called Central Plaza and it is close to the centre but feels quite quiet. There is a nice pool and 'barbie'facilities (I am getting the gist of abbreviating my words). The apartment is super, it has a big living room, separate kitchen, separate bedroom, ensuite and balcony with table and chairs.
We didn't do too much in the evening. We went out for a meal and both had the barramundi (not a Barrawednesdi) fish which is considered to be an Asian Sea Bass. It was lovely with a nice lemongrass and ginger sauce. We will probably do our own catering for now on as we can't keep eating out. One thing we have noticed though is that Fish and Chips British style is very popular with battered fish. It is mainly an eating in meal rather than a take away but we have seen the occasional take away. We haven't tried it yet but will give it a go sometime.
In the evening there were loads of large fruit bats flying around on the street outside the apartment. Surprising it wasn't as scary as I thought.
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