Rainforest wonders

Thursday 27th August

So much has happened in a day it's hard to know where to start.

We went on a guided tour of the Daintree rainforest, had lunch at Cape Tribulation (named by Captain Cook after he made a hole in his boat on the coral reef), drank Daintree tea, ate local ice cream in 4 flavours - pineapple, passion fruit, black sapote and wattle seed! We also went on the Daintree river tour croc spotting and swam in the Mossman Gorge.

Our driver and guide Pete was really knowledgeable and kept us entertained with his stories. He loved the wildlife of the rainforest and took a detour on the way back specially to show us a golden orb spider. Some of the bus passengers weren't too enamoured with that stop. The boys were great and hung onto every word Pete said.

There was wildlife galore - a tree dragon in the rainforest, a rare bird called the cassowary spotted from the road, 3 crocodiles on the bank of the Daintree river and numerous egrets too, as well as a snake in a tree. Not to mention the array of trees and mangroves.

After an 10 hour trip we were dropped off back at our apartment in Palm Cove pretty worn out. BBQ dinner, quick swim and bed. We'll be exploring the resort in daylight for the first time tomorrow!