We made it!

Now that we have reached the end of the road (literally) here at Port Douglas, the holiday is nearly over.
After our stay on Magnetic Island, we stayed a night at Mission Beach, in order to visit Dunk Island, where the snorkelling was very disappointing but the vibe was relaxed. The next day it was on up to Cairns.
We decided to stay at the same campsite as H and R’s new friends, which meant we could all celebrate Robert’s birthday at an evening BBQ on 19th. There’s not a lot to do in Cairns if you aren’t an adventure junkie, diver, or party animal so we moved on quickly to Port Douglas, after having taken the train up to Karunda in the Atherton Tablelands and then the Skytrain back down through the rainforest.
Port Douglas is a smaller more grown up version of Cairns and very close to the Daintree Rainforest, and we have been here four days now. The first day we had a guided Aborigine tour into Mossman gorge, when we learnt about all the different things you can do with the bark, leaves, and fruit of the various trees. Then we swam in the river and watched loads of fish. The second day we drove into the Daintree and went on a Crocodile watching cruise and then visited the Discovery Centre in the forest. The Daintree is the oldest rainforest in the world and is now carefully protected, including from tourists (who are of course are doing lots of damage).
Yesterday I went on a days snorkelling trip to the Outer Barrier Reef, leaving B,H and R to go to the local Sunday market with their friends. The coral (aswell as the forest) is suffering from all the tourists. Today is a lazy day in Port Douglas before we drive back to Cairns to return the camper and fly down to Melbourne.