Mossman Gorge Daintree

Saturday morning we pick up our little rental car for the weekend. And head off to meet kirstie at the hostel. We head to daintree to go explore the rainforest. When we get there not much is open, a friendly tourist information guide tells us that the main rainforest walk is closed due to rain. We head back south and head for mossman gorge, free …

After all the early mornings we have had we decided to take it easy and give the kids the morning off. After breakfast I took the opportunity to explore why I didn't have indicator lights on the caravan. I purchased a multi meter while we were passing through Cairns so I thought I would put it to the test. It appears that I have no power going to …

We have visited Port Douglas the third time already. For us it was a long waited oasis where we could stay longer and enjoy. Again we could go for a walk on the main street that normally we do not do in other towns but here in Port Douglas it is a must. There are mostly restaurants, hotels and tour booking centres, but the atmosphere is really nice …

I got picked up outside the hostel around 8am for my rainforest trip today. And it is raining a fair bit too. The drive took us through World Heritage Rainforest and along World Heritage Coastline. We passed Ellis Beach, but didn't stop so I couldn't get a photo of the sign.

Our first stop was Port Douglas. We didn't stop in town, but it …

Today started off with going to the shops to get some lunch and snacks for the rest of the day.
We went on a bush walk in Mosman Gorge. Fynn and dad hopped in the swimming hole... It was freezing!! We ate lunch there and Fynn, Dad and I climbed on the rocks, It was an amazing site. After we had enough of the water hole we headed back to our …

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well we were certainly busy bees in Cairns and we loved it! We arrived in Cairns about 1pm after our last nice short greyhound ride. The weather was not too bad and we went for a walk around town. Cairns is a pretty big place and has a nice feel to it. We got chatting to a man in one of the tourist places who gave us loads of …

Cairns was my hub for doing fantastic tours such as snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef and exploring the Daintree Rainforest. Please check out my photos of my time in and around Cairns …

The alarm goes off and there's reef to be seen, so there's a whole lot of leaping out of bed going on this fine Wednesday morning. Erin dispatches her manservant to the front porch to collect her swimmers only to discover...they'd been stolen in the night! Someone had walked through the bit of rainforest in the back garden and souvenired Erin's …

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! …

Cape Tribulation is one of the oldest rainforests in the world. It was named by Captain Cook in 1770 after he crashed his boat there. It has lots of wildlife there including snakes and the endangered cassowary. Cassowaries are a giant colourful, flightless bird a bit like an ostrich that eats fruit from the trees and poo the seeds out whole so if …

... nachzuholen, die ich in der letzten Woche nicht aufbauen konnte. Heute hatte ich einen Ausflug in den Norden (Mossman Gorge, Daintree Nationalpark...) und folgende Dinge habe ich heute gelernt: ich glaub, da muss ich irgendwann wieder herkommen, ein ...

... by the pool proceeded our 12.30 collection to return to Cairns, with a photo opportunity stop at Alexander Point, a swim at Mossman Gorge and an ice cream stop at Port Douglas. Cape Tribulation shows the diversity with it's tropical rainforests but we ...

... , but as there were jellyfish, we most certainly didn't go in the water to do that. We had lunch and then went to the Mossman Gorge.  As we were in the rainforest, it was raining.  We walked out on some platform to see the gorge and then walked back ...

... most beautiful in all of Australia, winding through the rainforest, following the coastline, and moving along the mountains. Once we reached Mossman Gorge, we took a quick 15 minute walk down to the river, where we took a quick dip in the water.  ...

... van listening to the rain tumble through the canopy. The next day we awoke early and set off to Mossman Gorge, which is on the southern side of the Daintree National Park. On the way we stopped to take a photo of a Cassowary roadsign and a couple of ...

... more Rainforest, looked out for more Cassowaries, and spent more time combing beaches. We spent all morning at Mossman Gorge, part of Daintree National Park.  We got there very early in the morning, and walked the full rainforest circuit, ...

... . We have seen far better beaches in other parts of Australia. Next we drove down the road to Mossman and to the Mossman Gorge which is part of Daintree National Park. We parked up at the visitors centre and from here we got the shuttle bus to the gorge ...

... ugly though and look like turkeys but the can grow up to 2m tall and 85kg and can be aggressive! After Mossman gorge we drove up to Daintree village and checked into a caravan park overlooking the Daintree river. The village was tiny and not much to ...

... stopped in Mossman where we went to the Aboriginal Dreamtime Center, where we took a walk around the tribe's land, and then up to Mossman Gorge where we swam in the river and cooled off from the muggy day. That evening we pulled up to the "Daintree ...

... just enjoyed nature! It rained quite a bit during the night but it was worth it. The next day we drove to and then hiked Mossman Gorge, and then onto Port Douglas for our version of Easter brunch (one day early but oh well!) Can't beat Eggs Benny (with ...