Grumpy!

Journey to the middle of nowhere!

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December 3rd 2006
Today we headed up to the Ferntree Lodge Resort in the Daintree Rainforest. It is located at Cape Tribulation - a famous headland on the North Queensland Coast where the World Heritage Rainforest meets the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef - a pretty unique feat for 2 World Heritage sites to meet - and they sure like to keep reminding you of the fact! En route we went to the Daintree Mangroves Wi ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cape Tribulation

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more