We only had 3 days holiday left and work was beginning to encroach on my thoughts.We had a couple of days resting, wandering around Port Douglas, and letting the kids enjoy the pool in the complex, while I undertook the impossible task of finding a bottle of VB in Queensland.
These 2 days were bisected by our final trip out, this time to the Daintree Forest and Cape Tribulation.
The dust had cleared at his point and the drive north afforded beautiful views of the mountains, before we crossed the ferry on the Daintree River and plunged into dense rainforest with a road that started following the curves of the headland.
We stopped off at the Daintree National Park centre, walking through the forest and climbing the 4 storey observation tower to get above the canopy. Daintree appears to be the worlds oldest rainforest, containing a huge divesity of plant and animal life, as well as some of the earliest plants. Having admired lizards and the usual giant strangler figs we found out that the sting from the stinging vine remains diabolically painful for months and we quickly left.
We drove north to Cape Tribulation, hoping to see the Cassowary bird, an Emu like creature. There were road signs everywere to look out for them, but we saw none.
Finally we arrive Cape Tribulation, and quite literally run out of road. North of here its 4x4 only up to Capetown. We stayed for a while to admire the endless tropical beaces, and Cape Trib itself. Captain Cook beached his boat here for repairs after hitting a reef, and his diary had the rather odd line in it saying "This is where our troubles started"! I'm tempted to read the rest to find out what went wrong in this tropical paradise. Having exausted our views of the beaches we turned around and headed back to Port Douglas, still forlornly looking for Cassowary.
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