The Zoo!

We headed north of Cairns to Port Douglas early in the morning in our rental car. We went to the Cairns Tropical Zoo for a couple hours on the way up north. We saw snakes, birds, koalas, crocodiles, wombats, kangaroos, and much more. Erin also got to hold a Koala here and we got a nice picture.

A massive crock having his lunch Us with a friendly koalaA bird in flight at the bird show Cute lizard

A sleepy koala in the maternity ward

We continued north along the coast (a beautiful ride) and stopped at Rex Lookout where 3 hang-gliders were taking off and "gliding" around.

We arrived in Port Douglas and checked into the Sheraton Resort and were shown to our lagoon room. It was a great room with a nice balcony overlooking one of the lagoons. We relaxed at the pool with couple of drinks. We then headed into town for a dinner and found a place on the water and got a great table to watch the sunset. It was an early night to bed as early the next day we were going SCUBA DIVING!!!

Back in non-vacation times:

Happy Birthday Jake!!!