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May 28 to June 3
Cairns a cape tribulation (and back)
So this is the last week of our adventure on the east coast of Australia. From Sydney to Cape Tribulation; A trip of approximately 6,000 kilometers and innumerable hours along the way. This week we conducted from Cairns to Cape Tribulation, we visited Port Douglas and snorkel the great barrier coral. This is that dreams are made, right?
Cape tribulation
While most transports can end their long trip in Cairns, the largest city per miles, we decided to move forward to the matter. Cape Tribulation is literally the end of the road, a Dirt 4WD track only continues to Cooktown and beyond, and therefore is a great place to finish. Now there is an alternative sealed road that prevents Cape Tribulation to Cooktown, but you are becoming very remote there!
The Cairns path is probably one of the best in Australia and should be in the lists of more people’s cubes. This is the big journey of Arrecife de Barrera where the road is rented centimeters from the sea with palm trees that rise above.
The weather was a bit confusing and, in the distance, we could see thick clouds that surrounded the mountains. Once we crossed the Daintree River in the car ferry, the weather took a turn for the worst and the rain was nothing we would have seen in a long time. Unfortunately, I had to try on mountain roads through fog and heavy rains, which was quite difficult! After a two -hour trip, we finally arrived in Cape Tribulation. This area is the only place in the Earth where two Unesco World Heritage sites are located. On the one hand, you have the tropical jungle of Daintree (part of the humid tropics) and the great reef barrier in the other. In the right climate, it looks like a paradise here. It was not quite paradise for us with rain, but we both felt a sense of achievement knowing that we had managed to pass the first stage of our trip through Australia. For some reason, wasn’t there an emerging notification that told me that an achievement had unlocked? I should have spent too much time at the Xbox when I was younger.
There was little, if something, in Cabo Tribulation itself, so we simply settle in our National Park camp for the night. We stayed right in the Tropical Selva for Daintree, 50 meters from the beach, slapped in the middle of the territory of Croc. I don’t think it’s as scared as walking to the bathroom that night.
A small note about the Tropical Daintree jungle, since it really does not obtain the credit it deserves. We all know about the Amazon jungle in South America and is obviously incredible, especially due to its size. However, Daintree’s tropical jungle has approximately 180 million years; 170 million years older than the Amazon. You are really going back in time here.
And return
In the morning, the weather had cleared, which gave us the opportunity to try to detect a prehistoric helmet on the way back through the tropical jungle. Promoted as the most dangerous bird on the planet, the South Cassawary is a little smaller than an ostrich and an EMA, but has a sharp 12 cm claw. It is known to kill probably to protect your chicks! They are also extremely important for the tropical jungle, since they eat whole fruits, leaving only the seed to grow again.
We were not lucky when detecting Cassawary in Mission Beach (considered the best place to detect them), so I didn’t have much hope. Just a few minutes after our trip, I noticed that a car stopped in the middle of the road in a corner. I had a great feeling about it and there was a relatively small coincidence that casually crosses the road. It is a bright blue head that can be balancing through the rainforest. It was not quick enough with the camera, so some of the shots came out a little blurred. Feeling a little relieved, we returned through the ferry (we still didn’t see Crocs) and lowering the coast to Mossman Gorge and Port Douglas.
Mossman Gorge
We spend a good time more or less walking through the tropical jungle in Mossman Gorge, where they feel huge rocks in the river. The area belongs to the indigenous peoples Kuku Yalanji and it is great to see them directing everything here. The walk through the tropical jungle was excellent, although we both want to have time (and money) for a “dream time” walk through private areas. During the walk, stories are taught and the way in which life was lived in this environment is lived.
I have gathered a complete article dedicated to Mossman Gorge that you can see here.
Port Douglas
The wind had collected greatly, so the famous beaches were uncomfortable to walk. We decided only to explore the city, take a look in some of the stores and find a brewery I read before we came here. The city was luxurious and I prefer it to Cairns. One of my outstanding aspects is a wooden church by the sea surrounded by palm trees. We were not too long in Port Douglas, since we were going to return to Tom and Ireen’s house to start the house the next day. However, we had a lot of time for a beer in the Hemingway brewery in the Superyacht sports port. All beers are made on the site and bear the name of local people; Doug’s courage, Pitchfork Betty’s. I opted for Mrs. Watson’s session, which, as her name suggests, could literally get drunk all day. He reminded me of blonde Yorkshire by Ossett Brewshire at home.
On the outskirts of Port Douglas, we had seen hundreds of palm trees planted similar to an OCD that we knew would take incredible photos. Despite the wind, I obtained the reliable Mavic Pro. Emma led the truck along the way through them to take some photos worthy of Insta.
Cairn
Back in Cairns, we settled in the guest house of Tom & Iareen’s house with our own bedroom, bathroom and living room. The following days I passed them by sunbathing (Emma) and swimming in the pool with two incredibly cute sausage dogs (I).
Great barrier reef
The Grand Final. Everyone knows about the great reef barrier and, like many others, we could not wait to see this underwater world for ourselves. We decided to make a snorkeling trip of Cairns’s day to the external reef with cruises to be. Sestar stopped in two places, Michaelmas Cay (an island of sand in the middle of the reef) and Hastings Reef. The boat ride to the reef was something else. On land, there was still no wind beyond the security of the port of the sea was as hard as anything. Even on the trip on people they were sick. The reef finally protected us from the wind with much calmer waters, although the currents were very strong. As soon as we stopped at Michaelmas Cay, we saw a sea turtle. Subegua, the effect of climate change in the reef was evident. There were no bright colors and huge fish schools. The most prominent aspects of the first snorkeling were the clownfish (like Nemo) and a sleeping sea turtle on the seabed (apparently quite rare) on board, and after a lunch, we put the sting costumes again and jumped to Hastings Reef. I have seen aerial photos of the reef and looks like a lot of mini islands, when you are there on the boat, it is literally open sea. He felt quite strange when you looked under the water to see the huge reef right in front of you. Hastings Reef was much better, although with even stronger currents, and took us to a snorkeling tour where giant clams, colorful corals and many different types of fish showed us. While Emma did not see him, I saw a huge Maorí Wrasse, although this was a bit shy. After the tour, Emma and I only swam astonished by how many fish were here. On our way back to the boat, a Arrecife shark slid directly to us. I loved the trip to the great reef barrier, but I would only want the sea to be a little quieter, since it was quite exhausting to swim against the current constantly. The best part was to float with the current with the reef only 30 cm below. If I had the money, I would definitely fly over the reef since I imagine that you would really have an idea of how big the reef is.
Ending the week
On Sunday, Tom and Ireen returned home after having found a new home on the coast of Sunshine. This meant breaking a bottle of (good) Prosecco to celebrate. This became many more vodka and whiskey bottles. What successfully flew my drone while a little drunk, I tried again later in the day. This resulted in flying in a window, in a palm tree and reaching centimeters from the pool! While I may have taken too much to drink, it was not all my fault. I did not realize that the drone had not locked himself in the satellites. When that happens, the drone goes crazy and flies as if it were in flames. That will learn me. Next week we are moving to outback; A slightly broad term given that it covers 86% of Australia and less than 60,000 people live there! The plan is to drive from Cairns to Uluru (Ayers Rock) at a distance of 2,800 km. That is twice the United Kingdom and almost as much as driving from London to Istanbul in Türkiye. I know that Australia is big, but that’s something else! Return next week to find out how we take ourselves!
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