When we got up the rain had stopped. It was sunny today! After brekky we had a walk along the very tropical looking beach. We then went for a short walk along a boardwalk through the rainforest. There were still loads of mozzies about so we ended up rushing round. After this we headed back to the ferry and our return crossing over the Daintree River. From here we drove inland to Mareeba which is famous for it's coffee. There are a few coffee plantations around th...

We didn't linga any longa at Wonga. After brekky we hit the road with the destination being the Daintree National Park and Cape Tribulation. The only way to get there, apart from an extremely long way round on dirt roads, was to get the ferry across the Daintree River. The ferry was just a big barge hauled across the river on a cable. It went across every few minutes and it only took two minutes to get across. The sign at the river bank warned of crocodiles but f...

We decided to linga a bit longa at Wonga and stayed another day here. It is lovely and quiet here and with the incredible sea view that we've got we couldn't resist staying here longer. It was so relaxing here just chilling out and watching/listening to the ocean. The sound of waves breaking is such a wonderful sound. We had brekky, chilled, did some laundry, chilled, had lunch, chilled, had tea, chilled and went to bed. It was a brilliant relaxing day.

When we woke up this morning we knew that something was different. We couldn't hear rain on the roof. There was some blue in the sky today and we could see the sun for the first time in what felt like ages. Whilst we were having brekky the guy from the camp site told us that there was a partial solar eclipse today across the Cape York area. We asked when it was happening and he said now! He went and got some special glasses for us to put on so we could see it pro...

It had been another very wet night. It was torrential all night long. Although we had quite enjoyed the rain at first, the novelty had now worn off and all this miserable cloud and wet weather was making us feel under the weather. We long for a hot sunny day and have almost forgotten what one feels like! After brekky we drove down the road to the Barron Falls. We expected there to be a lot of water there and we weren't disappointed. The falls were overflowing and...