Palm Cove is wonderful, and we are having such a wonderfully restful and relaxing time. We spend the time relaxing poolside/ocean side/sipping coffee, wine or beer in a cafe/or dining in one of the 18 or so restaurants.

The lifestyle here is just sooooo laid back. Shorts, thongs and t-shirts are the order of the day at any time.

The room is great, we have a large balcony, marvellous buffet brekky, and all really have to determine each day, after a walk along the esplanade, is where we will have lunch and dinner! The Reef House has seen better days, but it has a wonderful ambiance, and is rather like a pair of comfortable old shoes! It feels "just right". Oh, and we also got a bottle of bubbly on arrival, $150 to spend in the restaurant, and an hour of cocktails and canapés each afternoon between 5 and 6.

It's simply wonderful.

View looking down from our room....

View looking up....

My constant stiffness is still worrying me, but in such a carefree atmosphere I am able to almost forget it. We wake no later than 6 am each morning (no daylight saving up here!!!!!), have a coffee on our largish 3rd floor balcony, dress and go for a walk along the esplanade. Then we have our filling and delicious buffet brekky.

View from our brekky table...

We generally take about an hour over breakfast, and by 9 am I am grabbing two spots by the swimming pool.

View from the esplanade opposite our hotel...

It is currently day three, and if I could live here for ever I would. Apart from the perils (see below) of stingers and crocodiles!