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... the protected forests. This took us on a short tour through some dense tropical rainforest and here we began our search for the notoriously shy Cassowary. This bird (allegedly the largest land animal in Australia(???)) looks similar to an Emu but with a bright blue head and face and a crimson beard like a Turkey. We didn&#8217;t find it of course, but we did see some scrub fowl and lizards.<br><br>After a picnic lunch, we drove up to Cow Bay and found our hostel ...

Day 91 God these early starts are starting to kill me!!! Nadia and me got picked up from Bohemia hostel to head off to Cape Tribulation. Our guide Deborah was very informative, explaining about Cape Trib and as the bus passed through the sugar cane fielnds explained to us about its industry and harvest. The whole bus trip she provided us with lots of information and a great insight into the significance of Cape Tribulation. Our first stop of the day was at the ...

... that I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with this campervan. I quite like the idea and freedom it gives (when I have had a good night&#8217;s sleep, which hasn&#8217;t been often to date for various reasons such as being too hot, outside noises of birds at the crack of dawn etc) but find the fact that everything has to be tidied away all the time quite frustrating, and I&#8217;m not a particularly messy person. It is also ...

Cairns! Die ganze Zeit erzaehle ich euch schon von Cairns! Doch wie ist Cairns wirklich? Naja zugegeben es is nicht gerade der Renner! Eine riessen Touristadt mit hunderten von Bettenburgen einem riessen Jachthafen und einer mit Bars, Shops und Restaurants vollgestopften Innenstadt, die nur so zum Geld ausgeben einladen. Nun gut Cairns eignet sich aber auch gut als Ausgangspunkt fuer Touren ans Riff, nach Cape Tribulation und in die Tabellands wo es mich nun als naechstes hin ...

... took another walk up to 'Rainbow Gorge', some sandy dunes and then our last stop was 'Lake Mackenzie', this was probably the nicest stop - a huge freshwater lake completely comprising of rainwater - the water was incredible clear and altho a little cold, swimming in it was nice... Whitsundays We decided that in order to save time, and to avoid stopping in another non descript place, we would drive for a full day to get to our next location - Airle Beach ...

... hysterical British tourists looking for cheasp and cheerful rather than quality. this approach explained the 1000's of T shirts we had accumalated and $15 photo's bought. i was right. as we pulled into Kuranda tourist heaven came into sight. there was even a free bus to take us to the villiage craft markets just to make sure we got there. Luckily i had booked us onto a the longest cablecar journey in the world accross the rainforest canopy as a means of getting ...

... had been forced to about turn and seek refuge in Nara Inlet again while the boat crew had assisted anoth** yacht in navigation trouble. Evening was spent in the cov**ed saloon away from the p**sistent show**s. The final day - result! Some show**s still, but we returned to Airlie und** wind assistance! Spectacular. Anoth** ov**night coach trip - furth** south to H**vey Bay - and by now we w**e used to being lulled to sleep by rocking motions of our transport! We w ...

... was a really cool, fairly isolated beach town only about 5 miles north of Cairns, but was essentially deserted. We went down to the beach where we were the only people other than a guy sleeping down the coast on the beach. There was some really great scenery in the area. We stopped a little diner along the beach which was run by a pleasant German woman, which led us to wonder how or why a German woman was living in this remote beach town? After we ...

... Tea which is really quite yummy and extremely low in caffiene (reminds me of Rioboos) which was served with homemade pineapple muffins. Our next stop was Coopers Creek. This part of the rainforest is privately owned by a retired woman named in Prue. Her land is part of the World Heritage property and she signed paperwork with the government saying she would protect the land and do nothing to interfere with the rainforest's natural course. She loves the ...

... over the loudspeaker), the ferry left the pontoon and made its way back to Port Douglas. <br><br>Once back in Cairns we had an optional dinner out, before going back to the resort bar. My day in the water wasn&#8217;t yet over though, a number of us jumping in the pool and playing an impromptu game &#8211; part water polo and part keepings off &#8211; with Marty&#8217;s shorts, which became a pretty popular game in pools along the Queensland coast.