Australia Vacation -- Day 5

This was our final day in Cairns. We were pretty conflicted how to spend our final day. We rented a car for the short jaunt up the road to the zoo. Mark managed to get everyone there despite driving on the left hand side! At the zoo, we saw more kangaroos, some crocodiles, monkeys, wombats, a red panda, and more koalas.






Then, the moment of decision – turn right to Cairns or turn left to Port Douglas. Since we hadn’t seen Port Douglas, we headed left! The drive was great -- rain forest on the right of us and beach on the left! Port Douglas was a quaint, little town. It reminded of us of Eureka Springs, Arkansas – lots of little shops and restaurants along a main town road. There was a nice playground we found for the girls, and they played a while. Then, after lunch, we headed back to the apartment to pack for a flight the next morning.