Latitude 16 Mowbray by the Sea Port Douglas

... Colin to see the Rainforest up close and personal. A special 4WD bus came to pick us up at about 8:15 am and we were on our way. Our tour guide, Matthew, was witty and very knowledgeable about the area. He provided informative and interesting commentary.<br><br>The tour began with a one-hour Daintree River Cruise. Unfortunately, because it was high tide and very hot, we did not get to see much wildlife. We did see one baby ...

... to yet another boardwalk and another Cassowary hunt (still fruitless) in the Dubuji (&#8216;place of spirits&#8217;) area. The walk took us through some quite spooky mangroves and eventually down to Myall Beach where we lay for some time just enjoying the gradual improvement in the weather.<br><br>On our return journey, we stopped for drinks at &#8216;Café on Sea&#8217; by the now sunny Thornton Beach and took a quick detour to the Daintree Ice-Cream Company ...

Today was an important day! the Kombi got 4 new shoes (and a wheel alignment) and she looks fantastic. She also got a new number plate for the bikes (made of cardboard, not as good as our first one, but will do the trick till we get home).<br><br>After getting the tyes we headed off to Palm Cove. Nice, nothing special, have heard a lot of people raving about it but maybe we got it on a bad day (its cloudy and ...

... einem Highlight! Wir hatten das grosse Glueck den einmal im Monat stattfindenden Yungaburra Farmmarket zu besuchen. Auf vielen kleinen Staenden wurde einem von Obst ueber Gemuese ueber Fleisch, Huete, Buecher, Abouriginikunst und man hoere und staune deutscher Bratwurst alles geboten. Nach einem kleinen Rundgang ueber den Markt ging es dann mit dem Fahrrad auf entdeckungstour durch die Tabellands. Mittags wurde dann mit einer Kanutour auf einem der vielen Seen Ausschau nach ...

... a good evisceration whilst travelling. Silly country.Whilst I only managed to hear one of these whilst on a bush walk on my own (Jess had gone for a jog in the daytime sun and was hence asleep and betroot coloured) I did however get to see the most horrendous spider I have ever seen. You can keep your puny Huntsmen guys, try a Golden Orb spider. (see photo) This puppy was in the rainforert and was easily as large as my large hands. Oh, and it can eat bats and ...

Hi Everyone-- Well, this may be our last big trip before we come home. And it was a doozey (as my Mom used to say). I guess we saved the best for last and finally got up to see the Great Barrier Reef. I won't give the geography lesson this time, but suffice it to say that the closest place that you can travel to see the Reef is about a 16 hour car ride from Sydney. That's the southern most part of the Reef ...

... a pint of my beloved pure blonde. she had learnt and negotiated an ice cream in addition. the cablecar was magnificant. this was something everyone should do. travel for 45 mins in a glass cocoon gliding accross the canopy top of one of the oldest living rainforests in the world. everywhere you looked as far as the eye could see there were tree tops it looked as if our world was made of broccoli bushes. birds flew below us and the occasional cloud drifted by. we ...

... and a relaxing aft**noon wand** along the riv** mouth and the beach taking in the relaxed vibe. Anoth** short coach journey the next day and back to city living, in Brisbane. Went for anoth** aft**noon stroll, taking in the central city and the chilled out south bank, and making ourselves acquainted with the kitchen in our great hostel, The Aussie Way. An early start the next day for our free trip (Greyhound coach company comes good for our dedication to their s ...

... cool to see. There was also a big suspension bridge over the gorge that we crossed, and we got to walk in the really deep Daintree rainforest. At this point, we had to hurry back to the airport to catch our flight, and funny enough, we ran into my roommate and all of his friends from Michigan getting off of the plane that we were about to get on. We then flew home, returned to my apartment and took it easy the rest of the night after a long trip.

... spite of the rain, we were going to snorkle. Lightning and thunder be damned. Actually, the boat crew assured us we were safe even in lightning because our boat (moored at a pontoon on the far side of the reef), and the lighthouse on the small island we were visiting are the tallest points around, so lightning would hit on of those things and not our bodies floating on the water surface while snorkeling. Still, I was ...