Hey V - the jellyfish season is October to June. We were there in January, so it was in the peak season and it was fine, we swam in the netted area but mainly in our pool, and we still went snorkelling!

We stayed in PD at a place called Coral Apartments which I've just done a quick search on and they are about 185 a night in Septemeber. They are nice clean, air-conditioned apartments with a kitchen. The pool is lovely and has a shallow section for kids. They hire out bikes too which we used heaps - it was about a 10 min walk to the main street so it was nice to walk off those yummy dinners and drinks and about a 5 min bike ride!

We loved that it was less commercial and touristy than Cairns, although we did visit Cairns and Kuranda for a day, and also did the Daintree and Cape Trib too.

Hope that helps and you have made me want to go back - I just loved it up there!!! Have fun planning!