Our Long Awaited Honeymoon.....

We waited so long for our honeymoon, that we decided we wanted to chase summer and go up North to where the temps are warmer. We left Brisbane and flew into Cairns, where we got onto a bus that drove us to Port Douglas. When we got to our "Hotel" we found out it was not what we had hoped it would be, it was not a resort, but rather apartments for those wanting to golf. There are 2 pools, and a tennis court but no restaurant on premises. To get food,  you need to walk quite a distance and some places do not have sidewalks so you wind up walking either in the street or on the grass where a sidewalk should technically be. There is a "shuttle" bus that you have to pay for to get into "town" and the beach. The "hotel" was a lovely room with a crappy bed and boring views. The distance from the hotel to the town and night-life was also crappy. When we get to the "hotel" we find out we cannot swim in the water at Four Mile Beach, reason? Stingers, jellyfish....lovely, but is that all? No, there's more...salt-water crocodiles also inhabit this area. There is only a tennis sized area roped off that you can safely swim in and with that I think if a croc wanted to it could get through without a problem. Ok enough with the things that went wrong....here are the things that went right. 


Once off the bus, we land on Macrossan Street, which is basically the "Main Street" of Port Douglas. Restaurants and stores galore. Our first stop was at Bistro 3 that had this martini that I am determined to replicate and those that know me I am very determined when it comes to food and drinks that I enjoy. It was a White Chocolate Chili Martini and it was clear with a hint of kick along with 3 white chocolate chips. We had great food, I don't believe we had a bad thing to eat the whole week we were there. Pizzas at Rattle and Hum, we ate there more than once, we had ribs at Wharf Street Bistro, delicious fall off the bone ribs. YUM! Shakes Gelati Bar had the BEST gelato it was so good we had this almost every night as our dessert. Salsa Bar & Grill had high end food at medium end prices, the wine a lovely Gewurtztraminer  went well with my phyllo wrapped pork loin.The Court House bar had great margaritas, no extra flavoring just a plain margarita. Bel Cibo on our last night was the best food, we had a table overlooking the street and it was a rainy night but we were undercover and outside at the same time. The food was spectacular and the drinks were good, I cannot say a bad thing about any of the food that we ate that week. 


The views off of Flagstaff Hill are the most beautiful views I have yet seen here with my own eyes. I'm sure I will see others but this was beautiful to see, I'm glad we came here, and know the only reason we'd ever come back up there would be to enjoy the food.