Wrapped up our time in Port Douglas walking 4 mile beach and shopping at the local Sunday market (and hearing from the bookseller about the fact that she's lost 4 of her initial 8 cats to a python in the last few weeks - apparently they are very common, they can't usually kill children but there was a toddler that got wrapped up and they had to kill the snake recently to free the child - between this, sharks, and jellyfish it's a wonder we get the girls out of the hotel room...fortunately this is not an endemic area for most of the venomous snakes and you'd have to go out of your way to find a venomous spider.
Went to the cane toad races in a local bar 2 nights ago - Tess got to play Vanna White at the scoreboard, Kate didn't kiss any of them (they are poisonous, of course - but more to eat than to kiss), and 'Pigeon Toad' won the race.
Green Island is a coral caye a few miles off the coast of Cairns which has a resort, but is also visited by descending hordes of Japanese tourists celebrating the New Year (which is this week - Year of the Dragon for those following) - despite its size (you can walk the island perimeter in 20 minutes) it also has a crocodile farm with an 18 foot crocodile that you can watch being fed - yikes! Also watch the fish (and black-tip sharks) being fed in the evening. We've seen a number of turtles since it's more sea grass around the island. Snorkel trip again tomorrow and then Thursday back to Sydney to start work and our 'routine' lives here, which we're looking forward to...
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