Going up the Captain Cook Hwy

We are finally off planes and beginning our time in Australia. Our first stop in Australia was Brisbane where we spent a few hours and caught a plane to Cairnes. We picked up our rental car and drove up the beautiful Captain Cook Hwy. to Port Douglas. Our Bed and Breakfast was right across from Four Mile Beach. The birds, trees and fruit were very different from Santa Barbara. I really enjoyed the salt water pool and the great breakfasts of fresh bananas, pawpaws, passion fruit, mangos and homemade yoghurt, Muslie, crumpets, rashers (baccon), and fresh eggs. At night the Cane Toads croaked parrots and bush turkeys screeched. In the morning parrots and other tropical birds wake us up. Being in Carines and Brisbane means I'm really in Australia. I'm glad to be off airplanes for a while.