These are photos from Port Douglas and the nearby Four Mile beach where I did a few kite surfing lessons. Although the album says May 20th, it includes photos taken throughout the trip, as well as one I snapped of the beach on the flight out of Cairns.

4 Mile Beach next to Port Douglas. The beach almost disappears when the tide is...

Dad in front of Port Douglas and Mom in front of her new dream vacation home.

View of the beach from the back porch. About one coconut drops in the back yard...

Pretty reddish pink flowers in the back yard.

The apartment we commandeered for a week. Huge, beautiful glass sliding doors...

Even though we arrived past the jellyfish season, the 'all-clear' had not yet been officially announced, so swimming at 4 Mile Beach was loosely restricted to...

Yellow flowering tree.

Chocolate banana plant... maybe.

A catamaran sails out from the Port Douglas marina with some hardcore trees...

I played at the water's edge with my fingers crossed for a while, but...

Crazy rooterrific tree in the park.

Port Douglas is an ideal resort town with plenty of restaurants, shops, tour...

This giant stretch of beach is where all the kite surfing happens, since it...

Yellow shirt guy

Shallow ocean wallpaper

Enjoying a nice day at the beach.

Enjoying a nice day at the beach.

I head out to the shallow water with an instructor for my second kite surfing...

This is what it looks like when you do it right. Free transportation!

When the kite is high overhead it has almost no pull at all and is mostly...

When you steer the kite downwards it begins to transmit the full force of the...

I believe this was an 11 sq. meter kite, since it wasn't too windy a day.

Dense, green vegetation growing right up to the edge of high tide makes a...

Having a few hundred pounds of lift power at your disposal will really put a...

Thrilling kite surfing basics! The water is so shallow here that you can walk...

'Air'

You can see how flat four mile beach really is once the tide goes out. It...

The whole week we had nice cool breezes and plenty of clouds to keep the sun off...

Unfortunately, we went out too far to photograph my lesson, but you can look up...

Massive Bougainvillea growing on the side of the street.

Mom's 'This is going in our yard!' face.

'The most important meal of the day'... blueberry pancakes with strawberries and...

I may have some problems readjusting to miso and rice for breakfast...

Mysterious yellow flower wallpaper

Camo truck! I would love to drive this right through the center of downtown...

One night there was an extra high tide to accompany the rising of the moon.

The tide eventually peaked right at the treeline with some waves washing up and...

The waves came higher than they ever had that week, and began to rearrange the...

I half wanted a photo of the night sky and half wanted to catch a coconut...