Posts Tagged ‘Port Douglas’

In and Around Port Douglas Australia

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Cape Tribulation

After we did two days of scuba diving we needed a break and wanted to visit some of the other sites around Port Douglas.  First, we took a tour with Tony’s Tropical Tours which took us to the Mossman Gorge, the Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation.

Daintree River Crocodile

One of the coolest attractions was the Wildlife Habitat in Port Douglas.  They have a program were you can have breakfast with the birds.  It’s sounds exactly like what is says.  They have a buffet breakfast setup (which was actually quite good) and you eat while birds are flying around and some even trying to steal your food.  Once your done with your breakfast you can spend some time walking around the zoo.  We’ve been to a lot of zoos and while it was pretty small it ranks as one of the better ones around.

Sea Temple Resort & Spa Port Douglas

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Sea Temple Resort & Spa Port Douglas

We went on a quick trip to do some scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia this past summer.  We stayed at a surprisingly nice resort in Port Douglas.  The Sea Temple Resort & Spa in Port Douglas.  We weren’t expecting anything spectacular but its nice to be surprised.  The main feature of our room was that you could swim out from your balcony right into the pool.  There was a very large main pool and then a lagoon that looped around the entire property.  I haven’t ever seen anything like it before and we definitely made good use of the pool.

Sea Temple Resort & Spa Port Douglas - swim out room

The room was a 2 bedroom apartment with a full kitchen… basically a full service apartment.  The staff was nice and the restaurant was also ok.  Other than the swim out feature it was a pretty standard 4/5 star resort.  The place was very popular with families which meant a lot of kids… I mean A LOT of kids.  It didn’t bother us too much but if you’re looking for a romantic quit getaway then look elsewhere.