Blogs from Daintree, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Today we took the Falcon X6 for a drive up the coast to Cape Tribulation. On our way up the coast we stopped at Mossman Gorge. There were quite a few people there to swim in the river, but when we headed off on the 2.4km rainforest loop we had it almost to ourselves! The strangler figs in this part of the rainforest were quite impressive with a couple of particularly large specimens. From the gorge we continued on to the Daintree River and made the ferry crossing to continue up as far as we could drive without a four wheel drive vehicle. We stopped at the Daintree Discovery Centre cafe for a quick bite to eat before driving the rest of the way up the coast. We opted not to go into the discovery centre ... read more

OMG what a few days we have had some stunning views as we left cairns both excited about the next few days! I have a few facts for you that you may or may not know but i thought they were pretty interesting So we got dropped off at a place called PK's which was lovely had a pool and a stunning beach but you couldnt swim as the stingers would most definatly kill you! the company messed up our bus so we stayed there for another 2 hours which was fine coz we just went down to the beach and watched the world go by which i am more than happy to do :) we were dropped of by the owner of PK and he looked worried for us telling us that there were definalty ... read more

Goed geslapen en vroeggewekt door zwermen lorikeets. Hoe laat is het in godsnaam? Die vogels zien er prachtig uit, maar het ze zijn niet echt geschikt voor een kamerkoor. Het lijken wel kleine papegaaitjes of agaponnussen . Ik herinner me, dat Pa ooit eens in Alkmaar een voliere daarmee gehouden heeft, maar de buren waren er niet blij mee! Tot er een zwerm zwarte cockatoos over onze tent vloog en zij de lorikeets wegjoegen. De rust keerde weder en we sliepen verder. Zeg maar, sliepen uit! 9 Uur werden we wakker. Dat is in deze 4 wkn nog niet eerder voorgekomen. Ook wel eens lekker. Natuurlijk ook nog een nachtelijke wandeling naar het toilet gemaakt samen. Er staat hier een bordje op de deur van het toiletgebouw: “please close door after use to keep snakes out”. ... read more

Um 4.30 am Morgen holt uns das Taxi zum Brisbane Domestic Airport ab. Nach zwei Stunden Flug nach Cairns holen wir unser knatschgrünes „Juicy Car“ ab und werden mit den Feinheiten der Automobiltechnik vertraut gemacht. Vorsichtshalber parkt der nette Herr von der Autovermietung aus. Dann geht's los. Zuerst eine freundliche Verbeugung von der Beifahrerin – man soll bei Automatikgetriebe unbedingt aufs Kuppeln verzichten-, dann volle Konzentration auf den Linksverkehr und raus aus der Stadt. Ein kurzer Verpflegungsstop am Supermarkt und weiter geht’s Richtung „wilderness“; wir passieren Felder, Zuckerrohr- und Ananasplantagen und stehen schließlich auf der Fähre über den Daintree-River. Vor Krokodilen wird gewarnt, zu Sehen bekommen wir aber keins. In der Nähe von Cape Tribulation (bei echten Aussies als „Cape Trib“ bekannt) finden wir die wohl schönste Unterkunft der Südhemisphä... read more

Since we were faced with a couple of days with potentially sketchy weather, we decided to head up north into the Daintree National Park. Daintree is a lush 110-million year old rainforest which escaped effects of the last Ice Age. An occasional shower actually positively adds to the rainforest ambiance. After about a half an hour of driving, we reached a cable ferry that crossed the Daintree River to get to the rain forest. After entering the park, we were presented with some odd signs. The signs were standard yellow diamond shapes, like you see in the states for deer crossings, but a strange looking bird was depicted on these signs. We thought it might be warnings for Emu crossing. Instead it was for the Cassowary, an odd looking flightless bird that reaches up to 6 ... read more