A Day in the Daintree Rainforest

Yesterday we left Cairns and headed north to Daintree, the Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation. They are in the far northeast coast of Australia.. The Daintree Rainforest is aworld heritage site, and the only place in the world were one site begins where the other ends (Great Barrier Reef). We stopped in Daintree and did a river cruise on the Daintree River which is home to hundreds of crocodiles. They like to eat people, in fact our guide told us that a local man was eaten by one just two weeks ago when he went out to check a crab pot. Needless to say, we got nowhere close to the water! We were lucky enough to see a 15 foot, 2,000 pound crocodile feeding on a dead cow on the river bank. It was HUGE and very fascination to watch.


After the river cruise we took a a ferry across the river into the Daintree National Rainforest. We explored the Discovery center which is an interpretive center for the rainforest. It was a great place to learn all about the rainforest and to see birds and other jungle/forest animals.

We then made our way up the coast to the town of Cape Tribulation and our accommodations. It was a B&B called the Rainforest Hideaway (google it if you want to see what it looks like). It is a small place with a couple of cabins in the forest. We had a little cabin that was the size of a hotel room and included a bathroom “out back”. The bathroom was completely outside, built onto the back of the cabin on a covered patio. It was the most unique bathroom I have even seen. It had complete plumbing, a flush toilet and an outdoor shower. Basically, when we were in the bathroom we were also in the forest. We had a great time and loved the room.





This pic is of Ellis Beach in Cairns. Today we arrived in Darwin where we will stay a few days exploring Kakadu National Park and several aboriginal sites. It is hotter than a motha”……think Miami in mid summer!!!!!

-M