About an hour north of Cairns lies the once-quaint little town of Port Douglas. We drove up to PD early one morning for breakfast, the town's famous Sunday market, and a stroll on their other famous draw, Four Mile beach.
The beach was pretty, but maybe a bit over-hyped. Everything you read about PD touts four mile beach like it's the second coming of beaches or something. Perhaps in the warmer months it would have been more alive with beach-goers, but we liked it the way it was, calm and pretty peaceful.
PD really won us over with a delicious breakfast (we probably could have thrown a dart at any of the many tasty-looking breakfast spots and hit a winner) and the market. PD's Sunday markets are alive with the bustle of tourists and locals rubbing shoulders and brushing elbows as they sniff out the best deals and coolest
handmade crafts. We liked that the markets enforce a rule making sure that all booth operators (or an immediate family member) must be the creator of the goods. This rule ensured that the quality, interest, and originality of items was kept to a high standard. We went to the markets just for something fun to do on a Sunday, but left with souvenirs, jewelry (Jeff couldn't help himself), chocolate, and gifts (one for Jeff's mom that we gave her at the end of the trip - sneaky!). We certainly bought more at the Sunday market than we intended, a la Central Market in KL.
We really enjoyed PD's small town charms even though the streets and markets were packed with tourists (like us!) and went back to the Love Shack happy, well-shopped, and ready for the Great Barrier Reef the next day!
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