Four Mile Beach was tauted to be one of the top things to do in Port Douglas so we went to visit bright and early on the last day of our Qld holiday. We drove to Flagstaff Hill lookout point onto Four Mile Beach because we didn't have enough time to walk the length of the beach. It was beautiful.
Port Douglas is a lovely place and much more liveable (as a holiday maker) than say Cairns or Palm Cove. It has a major supermarket, shops, plenty of resorts and lots of restaurants crammed mostly in one street called Macrossan St. The lady at the reception of Port Douglas Motel took out a map, pointed to where the motel was and highlighted the street and said that's basically Port Douglas! For anyone who wants a lot of r and r but don't mind the price, it is the place to be.
We went to Hartleys for some crocodile action. The entry fees was $52 per person but Gaz knew about a 10% discount voucher which is usually affixed to the brochures so we got one from the motel and saved! I love how savvy he is.
We saw lots and lots of crocodiles! There was a show on almost every hour showing croc feeding, croc attack, croc farming. The park has its own waterway so we even got to experience a boat ride and a croc feeding on the boat!
There are also other animals in the park such as wombats, kangaroos, wallabies, skunks, snakes, parrot, monkeys, koalas and finally, the elusive cassowary.
Look at how colourful it's head is.. Cassowaries are most dangerous birds because they can kick and hurt people with their sharp claws. Luckily, almost everyone knows this and deaths from cassowary attacks is only about 1 per year.
Gaz got to feed the cassowaries but wasn't happy because I didn't get a good photo of him feeding them.
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