Comments on: Living in Port Douglas (The Reality!)

By: Alyson for World Travel Family

Alyson for World Travel Family — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 16:48:11 +0000

In reply to Nicole. For sure, shoot me an email. I'll be cycling around town, early, shout if you spot me.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 14:15:47 +0000

Great blog. Thank you Alyson. I’m reading this at midnight with my toddler sleeping next to me on our first night out of 3 in Port Douglas.
Like you I struggle to stay put in the one place for too long. I’ve always thought there was something wrong with me and I’m not meant to go from place to place .. especially now I have a child.

In fact, I’ve been journaling about owning my own home in the next 12 months on the Sunshine Coast.
I moved there in June this year, leaving Melbourne just before the second wave hit. Don’t I feel lucky I got out .. in the nick of time.
But even in the SC I felt a sense of homelessness. Not knowing if it’s my home .. but deciding on there because it’s paradise.

Having now been in Cairns for over 3 weeks on a 1 month ‘semi holiday’ I’ve been wondering can I live up here and now in Port Douglas .. I ask the same question. Hence why I’ve stumbled across your post.
I’ve always done this .. everywhere I go loving it and asking could I live here.

Reading your post makes me think maybe being the nomad I am, I’m not meant to settle. I’m meant to be a world explorer and lead my son into that life too??
How do we ever know we are going there right thing??

Would love to meet you while I’m in PD … are you open to that?

By: Alyson for World Travel Family

Alyson for World Travel Family — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 02:18:24 +0000

In reply to Steve. Great, good luck with your move Steve. We've been in lockdown in Port Douglas since March. It's been a big life shift for everyone.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 01:47:40 +0000

Great blog. My wife and I are moving to Redlynch Valley in Cairns in April 2021 but we also have a two-bedroom unit in Port which we have been holidaying to for a few years now. We’ll use that on weekends away from Redlynch.

By: Hamish

Hamish — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 04:02:49 +0000

Hi Great bit of info. I myself am from New Zealand but been OE for 25 years and been based in Asia for many of those. I lived down south in Australia for some years but never really felt it suited me and on my trips up north is where were I felt I could stay. Now much older and feeling a bit burnt out of the fast pace of Asian cities I am looking at buying a home in Port Douglas. There are many reasons for that as I love nature and all the thing you described. Secondly I just completed building a 17m catamaran to circumnavigate in. I have been thinking Port Douglas would be a great home base to do that as well. I like you would need to travel in time I am sure but the cat would let me do that.
I found your blog making me think so thanks.