Every Sunday there is a market in Port Douglas which had crafts and some fruit/vege. This is as much as I could find out beforehand so my expectations were pretty low. It was set up right out the front of our apartment on the inlet foreshore. We were about to head down to it at 8:30 but then the heavens opened an it bucketed down with rain, so we stayed inside and people watched until it had cleared.
The market was really really big and the quality of crafts was really really good! One stall holder said that it like a crofters market where the maker was selling their wares. Steve had some fun trying on hats.
We watched a guy using a bike to crush some sugar cane into juice - for some reason we didn't try it.
I bought a glass pendant necklace from one stall and I bought some coconut oil eczema cream from another.
Julian bought a chocolate covered frozen banana which was absolutely delicious - must try that one at home.
As it was a very big market and Rohan was still struggling from walking 9km yesterday, so he could a bit grumpy near the end. We headed back to the hotel around 10:30 for morning tea. The picked both boys up, along with an extended sit down. We also cooked up some sausages for lunch and had it in the outside area.
Julian kept wanting to wear my necklace, so I suggested that we went back and got him one too. So after lunch Julian and I went back to the market and bought him one too and he was very happy. He is calling it his sacred stone (something from LEGO Nexo Knights I think).
I decided to get a snowcone on the way out. The last time I had one was at the A&P show at Addington showgrounds and I bought the same flavours that I always did - blue raspberry, watermelon and lime. We took it back to the hotel and ate it together - the boys loved it too!
We then headed to the Wildlife Habitat which is on the outskirts of Port Douglas. It has birds including a cassowary, crocodiles and what turned out to be the main attraction for the boys - kangaroos. We bought a feed pack for the kangaroos and the boys loved feeding them.
We were there for about 1.5hours and we had seen everything, however as we have some kangaroo feed left, we will use the free return entry to go back.
On the way home we stopped off at Four Mile Beach and we saw a lot of kite surfers sitting on the beach watching the waves - no idea why they weren't in the water.
We then drove up to the lookout near our hotel to look back over Four Mile beach. The view was very good however Julian was being very unpleasant, so we headed back to the hotel. Traveling with children is never easy, especially when they are tired.
Once again Steve and I sat outside whilst the kids watched TV. Tonight we cooked up a version of Spaghetti Bolognese for dinner which tasted ok. After dinner we hung out on balcony/patio and people watched. It was a good evening.
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