Vacation Part Two: Port Douglas

This is Part Two in my four part series about my vacation this August. You can see the other posts here:

I spent the next part of my trip in Port Douglas, QLD. Of course, I stayed at the beautiful Pink Flamingo Resort. I couldn’t resist.

I booked a ton of day trips from Port Douglas as I was most excited to see the wildlife of Australia. So, I went to the Daintree Rainforest & Cape Tribulation on my first day. I got to see crocodiles and a cassowary, and pet a wallaby.

In the evening I went to the Flames of the Forest dinner, where I heard an aboriginal dreamtime story about wallabies.

Mandala inspired by Flames of the Forest

The next day I went to Mossman Gorge and went on an aboriginal cultural tour:

Smoking ceremony before entering the rainforest

Covered in mud before venturing into the ocean to spear fish crabs

Had to walk through this to get to the ocean

Our tour guide, holding up our afternoon snack

After spear fishing crabs at Cooya Beach, we headed back to the Walker Brother’s family home to cooked up the crab & chat with the family. It was such a great experience!!!