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Daintree Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Daintree, Australia
Crater lakes, a wary cassowary and a croc
This is a top pick! ... on the liveaboard. The plan was to spend the next three days exploring the Atherton Tablelands (inland, west of Cairns) and the Daintree/Cape Tribulation area, and to do so camping. But first, we needed a tent. After a bit of hurried gear shopping ...
Salties, spiders and snakes!!!
This is a top pick! ... in this area contain the richest fauna diversity in Australia. Although it represents less than 1% of the area of Australia, Daintree Rainforest contains 30% of Australia’s frog, marsupial and reptile species, 65% of Australia’s butterfly and ...
Rain forest and a sand island
... nbsp; Golden whistler And finally, our Top Ten list of things we will remember and miss about Australia: · Cheerful Aussies who say ‘G’Day mate’ and’ No ...
Tagesausflug nach Daintree und Mossman Gorge
... , 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 Tagesausflug ...
Boardwalks, Mangroven aber keine Krokos
... mit einer Veranda mit Blick auf Palmen und Wiese und bot auch ein Swimming-Hole an (also eine sichere Bademöglichkeit, was in Daintree Seltenheitswert hat). Wir sassen also nach dem Kaffee eine Weile dort am Wasser, Füsse im kalten Nass und genossen die ...
Mieszkamy w dzunglii, wypatrujemy cassowar
Tak jak zaplanowalismy dzisiaj przenieslismy sie za rzeke do klimatycznie polozonego przy samym lesie deszczowym kampingu. Po rozstawieniu sie poszlismy na spacer, ktory polecila nam wlascicielka. Sciezka zaczyna sie tuz za nasza przyczepa. Kurcze, ale ...
regenwoud
hey moppies Op woensdag 30 november werden we door onze nieuwe duitse vriend Felix rond tien uur opgehaald van ons hostel. Voor de reis kon beginnen moesten er nog wel even boodschappen gedaan worden aangezien we de komende dagen door het regenwoud ...
North to Daintree
... bus loads of tourists. Needless to say we didn't get to see the snakes we have been searching for all the way around Australia. We spent two nights camping in a national park campsite just outside the village of Cape Trib, called Noah's Beach. It was ...
Beware: the Daintree Strangler!!
... day was a huge improvement from the soggy day before it. So, with renewed spirits we set out once again to conquer the great Daintree. We returned to the Discovery Centre to get a bit more bang for our buck and it was interesting to see the rainforest in ...
Rain Forest Photos
Thank you Rachel for all of your help with these photos. And I'm sorry it is snowing in St. Paul!!! I wish I could share some of this glorious sun and warmth with ...
Nouveau départ
Après les adieux à l'aéroport (Elise et Marianna repartent pou Brisbane), je file dans le centre pour booker une petite auberge bien sympa, calme et peu cher, le genre d'endroits où on se sent un peu comme à la maison. Maintenant c'est un peu ...
Bliskie spotkania trzeciego stopnia
Filmy przyrodnicze to fajna sprawa- siedzi sie z ciepla herbatka przed telewizorem i obserwuje dziczyzne w naturalnych warunkach. Gorsza sprawa jak ta dziczyzna pojawi sie nagle dwa metry przed Toba... Wstalismy leniwie i pomimo wygranego glosowania, ze ...
Cape Tribulation
... of Cairns is pretty impressive as you drive into the rainforests on the peninsular. Our first stop was the wildlife river cruise on the Daintree River where we saw two/three swimming crocs but it was no way near as exciting as the jumping crocs we had ...
Me - Tarzan, You- Jane
... Rain Forest excursion. We had a full day of plying waterways looking for crocodiles and pythons. The most interesting stop was the Daintree Environmental Centre. We were introduced to the Rain Forest 's eco system by a guide named Jane, who has an ...
10 egzotycznych owocow i deszczowe klimaty
... ... a plywac jakos nie mielismy ochoty :) O drugiej pojechalismy na pokaz egzotycznych owocow. Ludzie ktorzy to prowdza przyjechali do Daintree ponad 20 lat temu i zakochali sie w tym niesamowitym miejscu. Zobaczyli ze 20 arow jest do sprzedania i bez ...
Tropical Rainforest
... were around when the dinosaurs were. The rainforest itself is the oldest continuous rainforest in the world. We stopped at this Daintree discovery center and took a guided tour. The tour was about an hour, but really only needed to be 30 mins ...
I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts... deedely dee
... get a bit of fitness about us?? ;) Meanwhile, we have come to spend our last few days of "freedom" between the Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation, Cooktown, and Port Douglas in Far North Queensland. We're into our second night now in the ...
Into the rainforest
... start for my other tour from Cairns. This was for the other major attraction in Cairns, the Daintree Rainforest. When I had originally planned to come to Australia, I was completely unaware that one of the oldest rainforests in the world was there (120 ...
Daintree and Cape Tribulation
For the last little trip out of Cairns Tarrah and I went up to Cape Tribulation in the Daintree national park. Apparently it is the oldest rainforest in the world and it looks pretty much the same as it might have millions of years ago ...
Plenty of trees in the Dain!
... the coast, (stopping for a (very quick) pee on a 'croc beach') thenvwe began to wind up the mountainsides. The Daintree 'township' is tiny, pretty much consisting of a few cafes, a row of info centres and tour booking operators. We stopped to ...
In the Rainforest
After this we went on a long walk through the rainforest. This was the best part of this day-trip. We seen a variety of plants; a lot of which you'd expect to see in something like Avatar. Next, we went on a boat safari on a river. We were mainly looking ...
The Ozz Holiday - Daintree & Cape tribulation Pt 2
After the river ride we were ready for lunch and so headed back to a restaurant we had seen towards the Daintree township.... As we went in the Owner was giving a 'show and tell' of the local plants and foods of the area to a party of coach tourists ... ...
Daintree Rainforest and Cape Trib
Feeling lazy and content, I had spent a day deciding whether to head north, to Cape Tribulation and the Daintree Rainforest, where the cassowarys roam free (emu-like bird, but with a big lump on top of their heads, and a distinctive blue colouring on ...
To the rianforest
I left Cairns in direction north toward Cape Tribulation, with Neils and Erik both from Holland. The first day we drove the way to a small and nice beach in Cape Kimberley where we spend the ...
Where the Rainforest meets the Reef
... so much life. We decided we needed some sleep so booked into a caravan park for two nights and tomorrow we start our tour that will lead us to the tip of Australia! Looking forward to sharing all our adventures with you all. Love Mindz and ...
Where the rainforest meets the sea
We passed 9,000kms as we ventured north of Cairns to the oldest rainforest in the world, the Daintree Rainforest. It looked much like any other to our untrained eyes though (and despite an audio guide at a Discovery Centre) but we did see some ...
Rainforest Magic
... on organic farms in exchange for free board using Willing Workers on Organic Farms Australia (Wwoof) organisation http://www.wwoof.com.au/. Friday visited Daintree Discovery Centre The Centre offers visitors many ways to learn about and explore one of ...