It was sunny today and we were faced with a short 60km run down the Captain Cook Highway from Port Douglas to our camp for two nights at Redlynch, a northern Cairns suburb.
It might have been only 60km but it took us a couple of hours by the time we pulled over many times to let cars pass on the twisting road and stopped to look at views and man-made structures on the beach.
The highway hugged the coast all the way and inevitably we came across a view or two. The trouble was, the parking spots at the lookouts were small and we had difficulty fitting in.
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| 170617 Ellis Beach on the way down from Port Douglas |
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| 170617 On Captain Cook Drive, looking towards Cairns |
One spot, which attracted quite a lot of interest, was between Ellis and Pebbly Beaches, where passers by constructed stone cairns. The structures don't last forever because high tides or heavy seas knock them over. There were plenty of stones around and cairns appeared before our eyes.
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| 170617 Cairns (of rocks) between Pebbly and Ellis Beaches |
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| 170617 Dino's rig overlooking the cairns |
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| 170617 Kids of all ages were building cairns |
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| 170617 Rock collection on the beach north of Cairns |
We were approaching Cairns through its northern suburbs and we were in tourist heaven. We tackled Palm Cove and manoeuvred ourselves through the very narrow beach front street and the numerous tourists as they "gawked" their way around the beach precinct. Our conclusion, "We will not attempt a similar feat at any of the other northern beaches".
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| 170617 Road along the beachfront at Palm Cove |
We arrived safely at Redlynch and have decided to take the rest of the day off. It is still sunny and decidedly warm, 30 degrees in the caravan.
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