We have just returned from six nights at Palm Cove in far North Queensland. And it was fantastic. It was very special to be able to go (thanks Qantas FF points for the flights and Gran and Pop for the free accommodation!) and marked ten years since we were in Palm Cove for our honeymoon!
We hired a Landrover Discovery Sport and just did whatever we felt like; some days we did nothing but walk on the beach, drink coffee, drink cocktails and sit on the balcony of our apartment overlooking the pool (and more drinking!).
It’s the first holiday we’ve ever taken that was all about relaxing; the only thing we had booked in was a guided Croc spotting JetSki tour which left from the Cairns marina (unfortunately only Dad saw the tail of a small croc as we did the tour on high tide so no big crocs!). We did make it to the Daintree (where we saw a Cassowarry!) as well as Kuranda (which is now way too touristy to be enjoyable).
Mum got swooped by Plovers and we were astounded to see so many baby cane toads as we made the regular trek from the Sebel Palm Cove apartment to the beach (a 10 minute stroll past some lovely houses).
In no time at all the six nights were up and we were ready to head home, missing our little ones very much. And it was on the last full day that we saw a Croc on Palm Cove beach! It was around 2.5m long and was fighting against a strong current to get back to the estuary where it came from. It caused the beach to be closed and drew quite a crowd.
