Port Douglas to Cooktown

 We have now left our excellent camp at Port Douglas behind and we are now in Cooktown, having spent 1 night at the Lions Den pub in the bush, 30k out of Cooktown. We have good phone & internet here but I don't think we will have anything until Weipa, about 600k away, so I am catching up now while I can. We will probably be here another day or 2.

Lunch stop on the Byerstown range.

Passing through Lakeland.

                                                         Video... Travelling again.

The Endevour river from grassy hill.

Some live entertainment at the Lions Den pub.

                                               Video.... Sue & Yvonne at the pub.

The crystal clear swimming spot behind the pub & beside the camp.

A giant snake skin at the pub.

Cooktown

A working cannon in the park at Cooktown is fired every year at the landing re enactment.

Amazing that you are not even allowed to own an airgun in Australia, but a working giant cannon is just fine.

Port Douglas

 Almost a week at Port Douglas at Yvonnes old friend Lynelle & Chris & son, Ben.

We have been staying on their farm at the foot of the ranges overlooking Port Douglas.

Some pics & drone video today including our day out to Mareeba field day & boat ride up the river.

Who would have thought ???

On the way to port Douglas.

Boat ride up the river at port Douglas.

This was the only croc we spotted.

P.D.

The full moon total eclipse last night.

Nearly there.

Half way up the Rex range on the way to the Mareeba field day.

Mount Molloy.

Warbirds flypast.

Field day cow soaking up a few rays.

Gordonvale main street.

Rex lookout.

Pulled peanuts ready for thrashing.

Drone video of the farm.

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Port Douglas marina.

We took a cruise on this little boat.

Mareeba field day.

Tractor pull.

Ben McClelland built this fertiliser spray unit.

A very large industrial hair dryer.

Steam tractor.

Tractor pull at the field day.

Steam tractor at the field day.

Hot air engine (stirling)

Hot air engine.

Mareeba cemetery had all these unusual crypt graves.

An unfinished one with only 1 tenant.