Blogs from Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 18

Well on my little break from working out on the reef I decided to take a trip up to Cape Trbulation in the Daintree national rainforest. Man it was primo. Apparently the oldest rainforest in the world. Nuts. But stayed at this Pk's hostel and it was amazing. Sweet swimming pool, bar, and a 2 minute walk to the beach. Swimming at the beach was a no no because a 4m crocodile had been spotted a bunch,. We actually saw it when we were fishing. I was so pissed I forget my camera. But we went out at high tide with hand lines for a little fish. We caught a little reef shark which we cooked up and man it was good. And we also caught a smaller manta ray. Now that was sketchy, nobody wanted ... read more

Hej alle Nu har vi igen oplevet en masse. Siden sidst er vi ankommet til Queensland og har vaeret ude og snorkle, hvor vi saa havskildpadder og flotte fisk. Vi har ogsaa boet i regnskoven i noget der hedder Cape Tribulation. Vi boede det mest fantastiske sted,- lige midt i regnskoven. Vi var saa heldige at se en goanna, som er en stor varan paa 1 1/2 m. og en fantastisk oegle, som de kalder en dragon her. Vi boede, hvor vi skulle have set en kaempe fugl der hedder Cassowary. Vi saa den bare ikke til Idas og Emmas store fortrydelse. Vi saa dog en masse andre fantastisk fugle, og fantastisk regnskov. Nu er vi koert lidt ned af kysten og er naet til Mission beach, hvor cyclonen ramte i april, hvilket tydeligt kan ses. ... read more

We took a few days break from Cairns and travelled up to Cape Tribulation, with a quick stop at Port Douglas and Mossman Gorge. Cape Tribulation is the only place in the world where two world heritage sites meet - the Great Barrier Reef and the Tropical Rainforest. So obvioulsy with such a renowed site we took our time to look around and revel in these two great marvels - NOT!!! John had us swinging from trees on zip wires and we even had to do one of them upside down (I (H) almost managed this feet). I mustn't complain though it was pretty good fun and I even managed to get through it without any injuries - YEAH!!!! Port Douglas was pretty nice - another nice beach but we had no time to stop. We ... read more

Hi All Just spent another tough day here in Queensland, today we took a boat out to the Great Barrier Reef and went snorkelling for the day... Very impressive sights, but have to say that it would have been even better if we really had a clue what we were looking at, rather than trying to avoid Reef Sharks and bashing into the coral! But we managed to get back unscathed! Prior to today we have spent a couple of days up at Cape Tribulation, in the Daintree National Park, the oldest rainforest in the world. Spent 3 nights at a hotel in the rainforest which was cool - Dave back to nature!! We even had bats hanging outside our window! More soon! LoL 29th August update - You now have some pics to look at ... read more

So I didn't finish telling what happened at Magnetic Island! The place has an abundance of Eucalyptus trees, and those who have been paying attention to the story knows that it was a stray leaf from this tree, found in New Zealand, that led us to Oz in the first place. Nearing the end of our trip Down Under, and still no nearer to finding the famous Golden Carrot, we were getting nervous, but some conveniently helpful locals informed us that the Carrot had appeared on the island many years before. We showed them the leaf we'd found, and we were led to the exact tree it had come from (these locals are very knowledgeable!). On the tree were some mysterious carvings, which the locals translated for us. Apparently the Carrot, after having been stolen from ... read more