Blogs from Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 6

So today I went on a free trip to Cape Tribulation. I got picked up at 8.45am by Peter from Cape tribulation Connections and driven north through Mossman to Mossman Gorge. It was a bit cold to swim, but I'll get back there to swim sometime as its only 20 minutes up the road from Port. After Mossman we continued north and went to Daintree Mango Animal Sanctuary, and saw some crocs, snakes, and birds. From there we waited at the Daintree river and caught the cable ferry across, then continued up the road to the Alexandra lookout point. From there, we did a quick rainforest walk on the Marrdja Boardwalk, then were dropped off at Cape Tribulation beach for a picnic lunch. After that, we headed back south again and stopped to do a croc ... read more

Day 98: Friday, March 5th, 2010. Cape Tribulation, Australia. Per the Contiki Brochure, "Discover Daintree National Park and its ancient rainforests today. Explore the lush greenery and incredibly colourful wildlife on an interpretive walk with your Local Guide, who’ll tell you about the plants and animals unique to this area. You’ll also learn about the Aborigines’ beliefs and why this area is important to them. Enjoy another swim in these fabulous outdoor surrounds at a swimming hole, before heading back to Cape Tribulation, where thick forests grow all the way down to the water’s edge. Keep your camera handy!" Yup, brochure excerpt covered it pretty well. Richard, our local driver and tour guide for the rainforets, was a hoot. However, there are some big damn spiders up here- url=http://rainforest-australia.com/Go... read more

Day 97: Thursday, March 4th, 2010. Cairns to Cape Tribulation, Australia. So, today I met up with the others who were doing the Cape Tribulation part of this trip. There were only 8 of us total: Myself, Emily (Canada), Harley (England), Aoifa (Ireland), Christy (Australia), Cam (Australia), Mark (Australia) and Ed (England). Our tour guide is Shaz (Australia) and we're going to have a driver named Richard (New Zealand) for the Cape Tribulation portion but a different one for the rest of the journey. Along the way to Cape Tribulation we stopped and took pictures of various coves and I can't remember their names/stories. One was where Steve Irwin met his untimely death- not a cheerful topic, especially to Australians. We stopped at Port Douglas and saw the cutest church, St. Mary... read more

Well it’s been 3 years since me and Rob got together, quite strange being at the other side of the world for it! We bought each other a postcard and confectionery as it’s the only thing the store in Cape Tribulation stocks! It took an hour to do the 3km walk in the heat and humidity and we are not quite sure what to expect! We read in the lonely planet about a bat house - housing one or two fruit bats who have been either injured or orphaned. What we were greeted with was slightly different - 2 speckled fox??? Bats who were being hand reared as their mother had died. The lady literally hung the bats from her arm before transferring them to Rob - I was rather apprehensive but the bats had other ... read more

Friday I arrived in Cairns. Unfortunately the weather was not very nice. It was raining when we landed and it continued to rain off and on the entire day. I did a few errands but mostly relaxed for the rest of the day. Saturday I went to Kuranda, a small town outside of Cairns. I mainly did this because other than drink and book adventure tours there’s not much to do in Cairns. This time of year marine stingers (a.k.a. jellyfish) are present so swimming in the ocean is not possible. It continued to rain off and on throughout the day Saturday. There’s not much to do about it except deal with it. In Kuranda there is access to the Daintree Rainforest. This is the oldest rain forest in the world. I tried to go on ... read more