Daintree Rainforest

Yesterday, we drove up the coast to the Daintree Rainforest national park. Rita, our landlady, suggested that it was best to drive as far as possible and then turn round and stop wherever we wished on the way back, which made a lot of sense. The furthest point that you can get to, unless you are in a four wheel drive, is Cape Tribulation.

On the way we passed fields of sugar cane and the narrow guage railway track used to collect the cane, the cane train.



We also passed tea plantations, Daintree tea is the only truly Australian Tea, apparently and quite to our taste



and bananas growing, the bunches protected by blue plastic bags.




We crossed the Daintree river by ferry and were then into the rain forest.



Beware of Cassowary signs were everywhere, but we didn't see any in the wild. The Cassowary is a large flightless bird found only in Queensland and again straight from Jurassic Park.




We stopped at Alexandra Lookout from where we could see the sea and the Daintree estuary through typical rainforest trees.






When we got very close to Cape Tribulation, we explored the Dubuji
board walk and then Myall Beach.



We saw small feral pigs, wild turkey birds and many more




There was lots to photograph, see the selection below, but it was unusually dry as it has not rained since May so the locals are praying for rain before the summer sets in.















When we reached Myall Beach, we attempted to swim in the sea, but it was so shallow that we lay in it and cooled down (slightly).






Then we returned home via the ice cream shop where we sampled the Apricot, Soursop, Black Sapote and Wattleseed ice creams made from locally grown fruit.

Pat and John on tour