After a big breakfast, we headed out just before 9am. We were going to the Mossman Saturday market. I had no idea what type of market it was but Steve thought that as it is in Mossman, it most likely will be a bit hippie. It was a small market of only about 25 stalls and most of them were selling plants. We did find a stall selling fresh coconuts, so we had to give them a go.
The coconut water was very tasty and Rohan got stuck in to it. Julian, who had wanted to try drinking from a coconut FOREVER, only had a couple of sips. After we had "drunk it dry", we took it back to the stall and they cut it open. The flesh was surprisingly moist and had a texture kind of like chewy jelly.
After the market, Julian needed a injection of happiness, so we stopped off at the Mossman bakery which we spied when we drove into town. It was an old school bakery which had cream buns (me), vanilla slice (Julian) and finger buns (Rohan and Steve) the size of Rohan's arm. We drove up to the gorge to eat the buns which turned out to be only OK to eat. Thankfully Julian's vanilla slice worked it magic and Julian was happy to go on a bush walk.
We caught the bus from the Mossman Visitor Centre the short distance to the walking tracks. There was so much to see however there weren't very many places to stop and enjoy the scenery. This was how we got to 9,000 steps on my Fitbit before 12pm. Rohan was charging ahead and it was hard work to keep up with him. It turns out that he was busting to go to the toilet and he thought that if he walked faster it would go away!
We had lunch at the end of the walk at a lookout. It had a nice view of the raging river. It was about 25-27degC but quite pleasant below the tree canopy. It was a lovely walk of about 4km of windy, tree root covered track. We left with the boys very excited about doing more bushwalks.
On the way back to Port Douglas we were stopped on the road as a Cane Train was crossing the road. Very cool however the camera didn't allow me to get a photo of the train only the cane trucks.
Back at the hotel, we sat around and tried to give our legs a break. As it was a lovely afternoon, we decided to take a dip in the pool. Unfortunately it wasn't heated, so Rohan didn't want to get in. Julian didn't want to do anything we asked him to do. Everyone was tired from the long walk in the morning, so we pulled the pin on going for a swim and decided to get ice cream instead.
First we walked to the inlet (just across the road) and Rohan spotted a playground, so he and Julian ran off to play. There was a wedding just finishing at the chapel on the shore. Out on the inlet, grey clouds were quickly rolling in, so we thought we should make a move to get some ice cream. Rohan did not like this idea, so Steve had to carry him. We walked down the main street (Macrossan street) to the ice cream stand near Coles. Julian and Rohan had rainbow ice cream for a change, I had macadamia and Steve had a very boozy Rum and Raisin. This cheered everyone up considerably.
We popped into Coles to get supplies for dinner. Everyone was tired of eating out, so we bought ingredients for a chicken stirfry (tonight) and spaghetti bolognese (tomorrow). We slowly made our way home. The rain had not come just yet.
The boys then watched a bit more TV, and Steve and I went outside to chill with a beer. Dinner was inhaled by everyone - we all missed eating so many vegetables - and the boys were in bed by 6:45pm.
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