Blogs from Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 8

Daintree Rainforest/Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia My second day in Cairns, Australia was spent visiting Cape Tribulation/Daintree Rainforest. It was beautiful! Because I had to get up pretty early in the morning (I think we left around 0600), I was able to see the sunrise on the ocean. Very pretty. We then crossed into the the Daintree Rainforest/Cape Tribulation National Park by taking on of Australia's last remaining car ferries across the Daintree River. We then drove through lowland and tropical rainforests until we came to Cape Tribulation; it is only a small section of the Daintree National Park. Interestingly, the Daintree Cape Tribulation coast is where the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree rainforest meet. This is the only place on earth where two World Heritage areas exist side by side. I had lunch in a ... read more

Cape Tribulation ist eine Landzunge an der Ostküste Australiens. Sie befindet sich ca. 45 km nördlich von Port Douglas und 110 km nördlich von Cairns in Queensland. Dort stoßen Regenwald und Great Barrier Reef unmittelbar aufeinander. In der dortigen Siedlung leben etwa 150 Einwohner. Der Ort ist in der Regel mit einem normalen Auto zu erreichen. Der Weg führt mit einer Fähre über den Daintree River. Nördlich vom Kap liegt Cooktown, welches von dort nur mit einem 4WD erreicht werden kann. Cape Tribulation gehört zum UNESCO-Welterbe des Great Barrier Reef.... read more

Ah, quel bonheur de finir par ce lieu magique qu'est Cape Tribulation! Voila un lieu sauvage comme on n'en voit peu. En traversant la Daintree river un peu au nord de Cairns (en ferry, il y n'y pas de pont), on est prevenu qu'au nord de la riviere, il n'y a plus de reseau d'eau courante ou d'electricite, tout marche sur generateur et reserves d'eau. Et c'est la ou on entre vraiment dans la rainforest du Daintree National Park. Tout le parc et sa foret sont inscrits au Patrimoine Mondial de l'UNESCO, car c'est la foret vierge la plus ancienne sur Terre, vielle de plus de 120 millions d'annee! Elle a donc un interet plus important que la foret amazonienne elle-meme! Et la beaute du lieu ne s'arrete pas la, Cape Tribulation est aussi un endroit ... read more

07/05/09 Thursday Day 265 Cape Tribulation First stop this morning was Four Mile Beach. Nothing special really. It’s just another beach. I suppose the bad weather we’re currently having doesn’t give a good impression of the beach. We then headed north from Port Douglas and crossed the Daintree river by cable ferry. Basically there’s two steel ropes, one either side of the ferry, which the ferry actually winds on and pulls us across the river. It only takes a few minutes to cross the river anyway. There’s some amazing views of the valley as you drive along the road to the Daintree Discovery Centre. In here there’s a couple of short walks around the rainforest. They also give you an audio tour yoke that looked like a very old mobile phone. Some interesting facts in the ... read more

4 and a half hours from Undara Park, we arrived at Cape Tribulation in the Daintree rain forest. We chose to observe the rain forest from a higher point of view. It started by getting harnessed up. Then we hiked up a mountain trail to the first platform. Jonathan (aka Rambo) was the first victim. Mom (aka Paris Hilton) and Adam (Batman) followed closely behind. The guides for this experience were quite the characters and were always reassuring (not). With comments like the cables usually don't break or yelling "wait!" after a person was launched 20 meters above the jungle floor, kept the mood lively and light. After the first flight, we confident on the ropes. We met some fellow Canadians from Alberta that showed us how to lick green ant's butts for vitamin 'C'. Weird...but ... read more