There are a few things to do around Cairns; Sky Rail, visiting waterfalls in the Tableland, Kuranda Rail. We chose to travel north and visit the Daintree rainforest and Cape Tribulation one day this week. We travelled to Port Douglas at first and had a little look around. It's really pretty and has a nice beach, but not much else going on, so it's quite a nice place if you're looking to relax. We the travelled to the Mossman Gorge which was beautiful. You can swim in the river there which seemed quite refreshing for those on our tour that braved it, but we decided to climb the massive boulders along the river instead. Next stop was a river cruise along the Daintree river. Our tour guide was awesome and he'd worked with crocodiles for 16 years so knew pretty much everything there is to know about them so we learnt a lot from him. There were 80 crocodiles along the river and he knew them all. We were lucky enough to see baby crocs and some really large ones. That was probably my favourite part of the day. We then stopped for an Aussie 'fish on the BBQ' lunch and then headed to Cape Tribulation, a deserted beach that was beautiful. It's apparently the furthest point you can go northwards in Australia on tarmac road. It was a pretty long day, the distance from Cairns to Cape Tribulation being about 2/3 hrs, but it's well worth a visit!
We visited the lagoon again on Thursday. It's cleaned every Wednesday, so we were hoping for a swim in the afternoon, but when a drunk German lad sits beside you and your friends and doesn't stop chatting it's hard to get away!
We've been out a few times now in Cairns with people from the hostel. Gilligan's and Woolshed are the places to go in Cairns if you want to dance, drink and meet other travellers.
Yesterday we visited the Botanic Gardens. They're about a hour's walk away from the city centre, if that, and a nice place to cool off from the 30 degree heat. We walked all the way along the esplanade before arriving at the gardens. There were some massive bamboo shoots, about 3/4 storeys high, which were pretty cool and something I've never seen before.
Today we've gone to Palm Cove, the furthest place you can get to on a public bus from Cairns, costing $11 return. The beach is really nice and it's not busy at all. Great way to spend our last day in Cairns!
Off to Sydney tomorrow!
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