Blogs from Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 15

After our reunion Penny and I decided to get some grub we found a backpackers (PJ Murphy's) that did steak and mash for $5 if you bough a beer or wine. As good as this sounds it took 1hour 15min to actually get our food and we had to go and chase it up twice. But the food was good when it finally came. Thursday was a relaxing day planning the rest of my trip which although unlike me was needed as I wanted to book flights to Ayres Rock and change my flights so I could spend some more time in New Zealand. But I have managed to get everything booked and changed so it was a vrey productive day. At night we met up with some Australian frined that Penny had met on a ... read more

Our last trip in OZ is to cape tribulation, beautiful rainforrest and white sandy beaches, probably even more beautiful with blue sky and without rain .. But still we had 2 nice and very relaxing days wandering along the beach and reading around the swimming pool. We couldn,t swim in the sea due to the jelly fish and the sharks. Our first night we realized that our rescue course was even more intense than we thought... one jug of beer during happy hour was enough to fall asleep.. the next day we only read a book waiting to get our bus back to cairns.. Onze laatste dagen in australie besteden we in cape tribulation, ten noorden van cairns. Op de heenweg stoppen we voor een boottrip over de rivier om krokodillen te spotten. Al snel ... read more

After our diving we hired a campervan and headed up the coast to Cape Tribulation which was where one of Captain Cook's ships had trouble with a reef. The drive up the coast was amazing with most of the road being right next to the beach and the views were superb. We didn't stop for photos on the way though because Kathy thought that the ferry we needed to take across the Daintree river stopped at five (this didn't turn out to be the case though). The ferry managed to get us safely across without being eaten by saltwater crocodiles or "salties" and we spent the first night at a National Park camp ground - just a toilet and some gravel parking areas in the rainforest really. It was quite scary leaving the camper here ... read more

Hot+humid=Tel-Aviv. Hot+humid+wet=tropical rain forests. Makes all the difference. Every square inch covered with vegetation. And all this green is truly spectacular. Especially since it's all concentrated near the ocean, as tropical beaches are really a sight for sore eyes. Green and blue splendor. And since, as a guide I heard said, it's not Africa here, a lot of it is very accessible. Best example - one day I took a series of cable cars all the way up to a village in the mountains called Kuranda, surrounded by rain forest. Of course, the other side of it is that it's also highly touristic, but I got used to that by now. Besides, the diversity of plant life and animals species is mind blowing. I've personally seen - about a dozen different kinds of cool spiders ... read more

Steve, Vicky, Ryan and Libby headed off to Sydney for a few days, and we continued north to explore the Daintree region and Cape Tribulation. North of the Daintree river it rained harder and longer than it ever had in Cairns, and our plans to do some more snorkelling on the reef were thwarted by bad weather, but the scenery was magnificent - the rainforest rolling right down onto pristine golden beaches. If only it wasn't for the salt water crocodiles and lethal jellyfish - no swimming here! ... read more