A Summary of Port Douglas

Sorry it has been so long. Internet costs an arm and a leg in Port Douglas. ($4 for ten minutes in an Internet cafe.)

All seven of us - Jamie and I, Jon, Monja, Brooke (14), Cole (12), and Baylee (8) - made it back safe to Melbourne. (And that's Mel-bun not Mel-bouRne. When you pronounce the 'r' like an American you get a cock-eyed glare from the Aussies.)

So much has happened over the past week that it will be challenging for us to get it all on this one little post, but we'll do our best. In fact, so much has happened that I feel like I'm about to take an exam without having studied at all. It's that pit in your stomach knowing that you have so much to do (aka there's so much we need to write about). HOWEVER, you might remember that we are on vacation. No exams, no pits in your stomach about what to do in work or school... so here's what happened over the past week in a few words or less. Sorry that it's so abbreviated!

• We swam through one of the seven natural wonders of the world - The Great Barrier Reef - twice... (Scuba diving and snorkeling).
• We took a skyrail overtop the rainforest.
• We took a train to the top of the highest mountain and ate lunch there.
• We walked from one end of a beach to the other.
• We went to a late-night beach bonfire with the Aussies in Port Douglas.
• We participated in "toad racing" and bet money on which toad is the fastest. Cole kissed a toad named Gay Freddie.
• We were subject to jokes on Americans.
• We met an arrogant American.
• We ate authentic Thai food.
• We went to a tropical fruit winery and had a wine tasting. Also left with a bottle of mango wine. Wish we could take it home but it'd probably get broken or lost. (Sorry amigos, maybe we'll bring back some crocodile jerky if anyone's interested.)
• We saw a crocodile!
• We saw a crocodile eat a chicken brain.
• We saw 2 kualas.
• We got sunburned. (Sorry dad. I wore spf 50 though, I swear!)
• We swam until our hands were pruney.
• Best of all, we ate, we drank, we laughed, and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves especially in the company of Jon, Monja and the kids. This is all sounding a bit too cliche, so forgive me! :)

Alright, so there are a few really great things I'm going to expand on above in some other posts in case you want to know more...