Barron Falls Kuranda

I havent blogged in aaaaaages! so while I have free internet, courtesy of my friend who hacked into the local network and a borrowed laptop for the afternoon, thanks to my roomate and I also have ALOT of time... I thought I would update the world of facebook on what I have been doing or about to do! …

2,3 & 4 november 2012 De eerste drie dagen van ons verblijf in 'Cairns' waren heel erg op het gemak. We genoten ervan om eens "niets" te doen. We deden wel wat voorbereidingen voor onze volgende stops en keken eens in de toekomst voor ons verblijf van Thailand. We verkenden 'Cairns' vooral in de late namiddag omdat het tijdens de middag veel te …

Well first item of good news...the rain has stopped and we have had several beautiful days! Yeah! Putting up with the rain this time around was much easier because I was working most of the days so it didn't matter to me what the weather was like. There was also a day when it was coming down like the world was ending and all the streets flooded. So …

After a sleepy start to the morning waiting for our Tropic Wings bus to pick us up, we set off on our first day trip in Oz! Kuranda is a little village in the mountains not too far away from Cairns. A railway was built towards it during the gold rush in the 18th century in Queensland and has been maintained in its traditional style- although the …

... Gorge, a stunning rainforest area boasting beautiful plants and trees and some chilly looking swimming holes. Arriving in Kurunda we visited Barron Falls for a series of walks to see the mighty waterfall cascading down through brilliant ...

... enig uitzicht en een kort praatje al weer tijd om uit te stappen voor de enige stop van de trein onderweg naar Cairns; de Barron Falls. Zoals gezegd werd het me toen pas duidelijk hoe mooi die watervallen echt zijn. Moeilijk om een moment wat je wil ...

... of space in our packs, but browsing was nice!  Leaving Kuranda Shane spotted a national park sign directly traffic to the Barron Falls National Park, so off in that direction the Green Gator went.  Thank goodness too, because this is one of ...

... . I got the 'Skyrail' up across the rainforest yesterday (it was very high - I was very brave...) past the beautiful Barron Falls. After a morning of wandering in the markets I headed off to the outdoor ampitheatre for the reggae festival. A lovely day ...

... port cards but from the train it does lead you to think those designing this route were clearly crazy. We stop at Barron Falls which is a pretty awesome waterfall before the last leg into Kuranda, the village in the rainforrest.  The little town has ...

... , after working out that in the time before the last bus back we could squeeze in the 4km round trip. After seeing a sign for 'Barron Falls Road' we marched off in its direction. After walking for about a Kilometer and exchanging a Hello with a local we ...

... in the rainforest. The train snaked it's way up the gorge through tunnels, over bridges and past a couple of huge waterfalls, including Barron Falls. Here the train stopped so we could get off and take some pictures. Once at the top Kuranda is very ...

... til Kuranda by, hvor vi ville gå en tur i Barron Gorge Nationalpark; den ældste tropiske regnskov i verden, ud til det store Barron Falls (vandfald). Nationalparken har været på Unesco´s liste over verdens naturarv siden 1988. Vi kørte til et sted, ...

... with stunning vistas of the rainforest, the corel sea and Cairns and made stops at twice along the way to have a look at the barron falls and take a guided rainforest tour. It was an amazing end to our stay in Cairns and as we headed off to the airport ...

... took 1 hour and 45 mins and was absolutely stunning, we climbed up to over 329m above sea level and past the Barron Falls (a stunning waterfall when at high rainfall) - today it was a mere dribble but still amazing. Arriving in Kuranda we were ...