2/28/15. Port Douglas

We had a great flight to Cairns.  It was amazing to look out the window and see the great salt plains and the desert over the center and then to notice the green fields and the ocean and estuaries as we neared Cairns.  We had an hour bus ride to our resort hotel, which is quite luxurious, here in Port Douglas.  Apparently we drove along the coast and many sugar cane fields, but it was too dark to see anything but the road ahead as we sped along the curvy roads.  We have had breakfast (including a pineapple and leeche fruit smoothie) and will leave shortly for our catamaran trip to the Great Barrier Reef for snorkeling.  There is a high predicted for 109 and 89 percent humidity today, but since we will be on the water, I suspect it will be cooler.