{"id":729,"date":"2024-12-12T10:41:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T10:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discovery.cevolution.co.uk\/australia\/?p=729"},"modified":"2024-12-29T11:56:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T11:56:46","slug":"port-douglas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discovery.cevolution.co.uk\/australia\/2024\/12\/12\/port-douglas\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Douglas"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 7<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

Over the last couple of days, I’ve been getting up to all sorts of different things! \ud83d\ude01 Those of you who\u2019ve read my previous post<\/a> will know that I picked up a car in Cairns, and Port Douglas was the first place I took my trusty steed to visit! \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you too are driving, then I’d recommend the car park situated off Wharf Street where it meets Ashford Avenue. It’s close to everything, free all day, and as long as you don’t park in one of the trailer bays there’s pretty much no danger of getting towed away \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Port Douglas is a quaint, colonial-style town that has a pleasant and welcoming feel to it. It sits on the waterfront, and its numerous streets are lined with various shops, eateries and cute little precincts. It had just gone 7:30 am when I arrived, so my first stop was breakfast, and after a spot of Googling and a little wandering around, I found The Little Red Kitchen<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not much to look at from the outside and nothing to write home about on the inside, either, this place makes the most amazing sourdough toast with a choice of eggs – I had scrambled – and with bacon as an option! I also opted to wash everything down with not one, but two flat whites and also an Orange & Pineapple fruit juice! \ud83d\ude0b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A few days later, before heading around the Thala Beach Nature Reserve<\/a><\/em>, I came back to Port Douglas for breakfast at Cafe Fresq<\/a><\/em> – located diagonally opposite The Little Red Kitchen<\/em> on the corner of Grant (Street) and Macrossan. It was nice, but in my opinion, not quite as good.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

With a full tum, I then headed out to explore more of this picturesque settlement. I soon found myself in Rex Smeal Park<\/a><\/em>, situated by the water and overlooking both the Daintree<\/a> Rain Forest (across the bay) and also the site of what used to be the old lighthouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Court House Museum<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

A short walk from here will find you outside the Court House Museum, where inside, you will find the congenial and convivial resident history buff, Bruce! That is his name, I kid you not! Bruce will tell you, amongst other things, and in no particular order:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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