After 24 hours in planes, as we landed in Cairns the pilot told us that it was raining. And all day, on and off, we did have tropical rain showers but it was hard to be down hearted. We strolled beside the palm fringed ocean, the temperature hit 30 and we headed into a coffee shop when another short, sharp rain shower hit town. After a day chilling, to adjust our body clocks, we headed 2 hours north, using a little chain ferry to cross into the Daintree National Park. This is untouched rainforest with a bewildering array of flora and fauna. Australia is so isolated that much of what we see is unique to the country and, therefore, hard to identify. Even the pigeons are spectacularly multicoloured. Our accommodation in the park was a permanent
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