Cape Tribulation

Hey all!

After leaving Cairns in our lovely camper Betty, we made our way up to Port Douglas and stocked up on supplies. Chilled out on the beach for a while and then headed to the Mossman gorge. We timed it perfectly and ended up having the place to ourselves. The water was pretty cold but really refreshing. We camped there for a night as I pretty much passed out at 7.30 pm and slept through until about 9.30 =) Headed up to Daintree, realised there was literally nothing there, turned around, came back and went into a zoo we passed on the way. I had a great time feeding the kangaroos and wallabys. James, however, caught the attention of one of the males who got a bit overexcited by his presence and wanted a fight, jumping up and headbutting his one day old camera lens. Whoops.

Lenses intact we escaped and made our way over the river crossing and up to Cape Tribulation. There's pretty much nothing here but it's beautiful. The scenery on the drive up was gorgeous, although Betty doesn't like being thrown around corners very much. Last night we went on a night walk in the rainforest and found a tarantula, 3 Boyd's Forest Dragons, a tree frog and some other stuff.

So far today we have been sea kayaking (is it a wise idea for me to be on the sea here with this surname?) which was fantastic. The wind was around 25 knots around the headland and we were the only pair in the group who could get round - tremendous fun, if a bit wet. Came back, had lunch, then went canopy surfing in the rainforest. Basically we were in harnesses and zipped about on wires. Good fun.

So that's where we are now. Looks like we might have to head back into Cairns tomorrow as we think Betty's battery is on the blink. Hmmm.

K x