vehicle for the day
Daintree river
Daintree river
tree snake
On the daintree river (pig island to the left and the mainland to the right)
Riverboast cruising the daintree
On the daintree river
4 metre croc
Mouth of the daintree river
Alexander ranges
Fan fern, when the air pressure falls indicating a tropical storm teh leaves fold up!
Oldest living species of tree
Big reds
Feeding time
Big reds
Tropical fruit tasting
Swim stop at the river
Preparing the billy tea
Vines
At cape tribulation
Cape tribulation
Cape tribulation
Cape tribulation
Cape tribulation
Mangrove trees of the Daintree forest reaching into the sea
Twisted vines
Cassowary sign
Daintree cable barge crossing we went over in our minibus
View from the rex lookout
View from the Rex lookoutApparently there are two things that you should do whilst in Cairns. The first is the Great Barrier Reef and the second is Cape Tribulation. I booked a day long trip up to the Cape and again the trip wasn’t that cheap!!!
The trip is billed as a safari and was in a small 4x4 minibus. I chose Billy tea safaris whose gimmick was to make everyone Billy tea (tea in a Billy/tin can) in the afternoon. We set off at 7 am and started our drive north. Our proper stop was at a centre on the edge of the Daintree river. We hopped aboard a riverboat and started our crocodile spotting trip. We were cruising for about 45 minutes without seeing any crocodiles at all. The fact that there was a high tide meant that there wasn’t that too many spots for crocodiles to climb up the banks of the river and rest in the sun. We did though see a tree snake (thanks) to the eagle eyes of the guide and a tree frog (brought aboard by the guide). We eventually saw two crocodiles, a small 2 metre one and one that was 4 metres!!! We couldn’t get too close as they are really fast in the water and can jump fairly high. There was one really annoying German man who kept on climbing on the front of the boat, even though the guide was telling him not to as the boat was quite jumpy when the engine was put on!!! The guide said that if he had fell in that he guaranteed he wouldn’t get out alive!!!
After getting back on the bus we went to a look out over the Daintree rainforest. The rainforest is said to be the oldest rainforest in the world and home to the oldest species of tree still alive today. The fern actually predates the dinosaurs!!! The forest was humming with life and there were tones of butterflies, birds and lizards!!! Again that German man was climbing over the boardwalk to take better pictures. The forest is a world heritage site and everything inside is protected by Australian law.
We then made our way to a kangaroo sanctuary for a BBQ steak lunch!!! The lunch was really good and the steak was the size of half a cow at least!!! After lunch we got to feed the kangaroos. They were big reds rescued from the red centre of Australia. They were really friendly and some of the girls even kissed them on the nose.
After getting our fill at lunch we headed to a secluded river for a swim and some exotic fruit tasting. The fruit was good and there was even a custard apple fruit which actually tasted like apple custard!!!
We then stopped at Cape Tribulation. At Cape tribulation two world heritage sites sit side by side. That is the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest. Out of the 700 world heritage sites in the world, only two sit next to each other. It was a really beautiful spot. One of those places you definitely have to see to appreciate.
When then headed back and stopped another couple of times to take a few photos. By the time I got back I was knackered!!
The trip is billed as a safari and was in a small 4x4 minibus. I chose Billy tea safaris whose gimmick was to make everyone Billy tea (tea in a Billy/tin can) in the afternoon. We set off at 7 am and started our drive north. Our proper stop was at a centre on the edge of the Daintree river. We hopped aboard a riverboat and started our crocodile spotting trip. We were cruising for about 45 minutes without seeing any crocodiles at all. The fact that there was a high tide meant that there wasn’t that too many spots for crocodiles to climb up the banks of the river and rest in the sun. We did though see a tree snake (thanks) to the eagle eyes of the guide and a tree frog (brought aboard by the guide). We eventually saw two crocodiles, a small 2 metre one and one that was 4 metres!!! We couldn’t get too close as they are really fast in the water and can jump fairly high. There was one really annoying German man who kept on climbing on the front of the boat, even though the guide was telling him not to as the boat was quite jumpy when the engine was put on!!! The guide said that if he had fell in that he guaranteed he wouldn’t get out alive!!!
After getting back on the bus we went to a look out over the Daintree rainforest. The rainforest is said to be the oldest rainforest in the world and home to the oldest species of tree still alive today. The fern actually predates the dinosaurs!!! The forest was humming with life and there were tones of butterflies, birds and lizards!!! Again that German man was climbing over the boardwalk to take better pictures. The forest is a world heritage site and everything inside is protected by Australian law.
We then made our way to a kangaroo sanctuary for a BBQ steak lunch!!! The lunch was really good and the steak was the size of half a cow at least!!! After lunch we got to feed the kangaroos. They were big reds rescued from the red centre of Australia. They were really friendly and some of the girls even kissed them on the nose.
After getting our fill at lunch we headed to a secluded river for a swim and some exotic fruit tasting. The fruit was good and there was even a custard apple fruit which actually tasted like apple custard!!!
We then stopped at Cape Tribulation. At Cape tribulation two world heritage sites sit side by side. That is the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest. Out of the 700 world heritage sites in the world, only two sit next to each other. It was a really beautiful spot. One of those places you definitely have to see to appreciate.
When then headed back and stopped another couple of times to take a few photos. By the time I got back I was knackered!!
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